The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national level political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans, referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with religious minorities. According to Kanshi Ram, when he founded the party in 1984, the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population, but were divided into 6,000 different castes. The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of Gautama Buddha, B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Narayana Guru, Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj. Kanshi Ram named his protégée, Mayawati, as his successor in 2001. The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where it was the second-largest party in the 2019 Indian general election with 19.3% of votes and in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh elections with over 22% of votes. Its election symbol is an elephant.
Kanshi Ram, also known as Bahujan Nayak or Manyavar or Saheb, was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilisation of the Bahujans, the backward or lower caste people including untouchable groups at the bottom of the caste system in India. Towards this end, Kanshi Ram founded Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti (DS-4), the All India Backward and Minority Communities Employees' Federation (BAMCEF) in 1971 and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in 1984. He ceded leadership of the BSP to his protégé Mayawati who has served four terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
The Republican Party of India is a political party in India. It has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The 'Training School for Entrance to Politics' was established by Ambedkar in 1956 which was to serve as an entry point to the Republican Party of India (RPI). The first batch of the school consisted of 15 students. Its first batch turned out to be last batch as the school was closed after Ambedkar's death in 1956.
The Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election, 2007 was held in April–May 2007. It was held to elect a government for the state of Uttar Pradesh (U.P.) in India.
Zahoorabad is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Zahoorabad in the Ghazipur district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Swami Prasad Maurya is an Indian politician and a member of the 17th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Padrauna constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party which he joined after a long stint with Bahujan Samaj Party. Maurya has been a Member of the legislative assembly for five terms, has been minister in the government of Uttar Pradesh, Leader of the house and Leader of opposition. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister for Labour,Employment and Co-ordination in Yogi Adityanath ministry.His daughter Sanghmitra Maurya(MP from Budaun) was elected to Lok Sabha in 2019.
Veer Singh a politician from Bahujan Samaj Party, is a Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.
Charkhari is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the entire sub-district of Kulpahar and part of sub-district Charkhari in the Mahoba district of Uttar Pradesh, India. It is mainly a rural constituency having three small urban centers of Kulpahar, Charkhari and Kharela.
Suresh Bansal is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Ghaziabad constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party. they are very populer
Satveer Singh Gurjar is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of India. He represents the Dadri constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party.
Dharampal Singh is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of India. He represents the Etmadpur constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party.
Bhagvan Singh Kushwaha is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, India. He represents the Kheragarh constituency of Uttar Pradesh and is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party political party.
The Bhim Army, alternatively Bheem Army or the Bheem Army Bharat Ekta Mission is an Ambedkarite and dalit rights organisation in India. It was founded by Satish Kumar, Vijay Ratan Singh and Chandrashekhar Azad in 2015. The organisation runs more than 350 free schools for Dalits and Bahujans in the districts of Saharanpur, Meerut, Shamli and Muzaffarnagar in western Uttar Pradesh. The organisation is named after Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar.
Ritesh Pandey is an Indian politician serving as the Member of Parliament from Ambedkar Nagar constituency. He is a member of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) from the state of Uttar Pradesh. He was also a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from the Jalalpur constituency in Ambedkar Nagar, which he represented between June 2017 and May 2019. He was appointed as the Leader of the BSP in the Lok Sabha in January 2020. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Deputy Leader.
Bhimrao Ambedkar is an Indian politician from the Bahujan Samaj Party and a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council.
Jagdishpur is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Jagdishpur in the Amethi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Katehari is a constituency of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly covering the city of Katehari in the Ambedkar Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Rakesh Pandey is an Indian politician and a member of Bahujan Samaj Party. He was a Member of Parliament in the 15th Lok Sabha from Ambedkar Nagar and a member of Committee on Rural Development. From 2002 to 2007, he was a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Anurag Singh is an Indian politician and a member of 17th Legislative Assembly, Uttar Pradesh of India. He represents the Chunar constituency in Mirzapur district of Uttar Pradesh.