The Financial Express

UP elections, 2nd phase: Mayawati’s BSP tops millionaire, criminal background candidates’ charts

Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) tops the list with 25 nominees of candidates with criminal backgrounds, followed by the Samajwadi Party with 21 and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 16.(PTI) ...
Hindustan Times

Phulpur: Candidates with BSP background enliven three-way contest for seat of stalwarts

The BJP won the seat for the first time in 2014, lost the 2018 by-poll and bounced back in 2019. The caste factor is crucial here as only Patel-Kurmi candidates have emerged victorious nine times in ...
Indiatimes

Mayawati to be a ‘force in the background’ in UP

BSP national president Mayawati will not campaign for her party in the urban local body (ULB) elections slated for May in UP BSP had been preparing for the UP ULB elections as early as June last year ...
Mena FN

UP: BSP Friends Change Parties, Turn Foes

(MENAFN- IANS) Lucknow, May 9 (IANS) Old friends in Uttar Pradesh have turned foes and are now battling against each other in the Lok Sabha elections. Their friendship dates back to the days when they ...
Hindustan Times

Civic polls: From PhD to matric pass & from millionaires to middle-class, candidates from all walks of life in fray

The richest of the 13 candidates in the fray is BSP’s Shaheen Bano. She has declared assets worth ₹27.29 crore. LUCKNOW The 13 candidates contesting the mayoral elections in Lucknow this time do not ...