BSP To Contest All Elections Alone, Including 2027 UP Polls: Mayawati

Luckily: BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday said her party will contest all elections across the country on its own, including the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, and form a government with a full majority in the state.

Addressing a press conference in Lucknow on her 70th birthday, Mayawati said the party had decided that it was “more appropriate” to conduct all elections, big and small, independently and not to enter into any alliance with any party.

“There should be no confusion on this issue. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest the next Assembly elections on its own in Uttar Pradesh,” he said.

However, in the future, if the party is fully convinced that an alliance partner can effectively transfer their votes “especially the upper castes” to the BSP, a positive decision to contest elections in alliance could be taken, but such a situation would take years to materialise, he said.

Recalling the party’s previous four-term tenure, Mayawati claimed that the people of Uttar Pradesh are once again inclined to return the BSP to power in 2027. He said party workers are fully working to ensure formation of a BSP government with a full majority in the next Assembly elections.

Attacking the BJP, Congress and other “caste-based parties”, he said the BSP would give them a befitting response and form the party’s fifth government in Uttar Pradesh.

The BSP chief also expressed concerns about electronic voting machines (EVMs), alleging manipulation and fraud in past elections, but maintained that his party will continue to participate in the nationwide elections with all its might.

He said opposition to EVMs was increasing across the country.

Mayawati accused previous governments of neglecting BSP founder Kanshi Ram and alleged that national mourning was not declared after his death.

She also alleged injustice towards Muslims and other communities, while asserting that no communal riots occurred during the BSP rule and that all sections, including Yadavs, were taken care of.

Earlier in the day, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav extended birthday greetings to Mayawati. While Adityanath wished her good health and a long life in a post on X, Yadav praised her lifelong struggle for the rights and dignity of the oppressed and excluded.

Mayawati turned 70 on Thursday and BSP observed the day as ‘Jan Kalyankari Diwas’ in Uttar Pradesh.