For the Nepalese party, see Bahujan Samaj Party, Nepal.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (Hindi: बहुजन समाज पार्टी) is a national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Dalits, who are thought by some to be at the bottom of the Indian caste system, and claims to be inspired by the philosophy of Ambedkar. The BSP was founded by the high-profile charismatic leader Kanshi Ram in 1984. The party's political symbol is an elephant. In the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004) it had 14 (out of 545) members and currently in the 14th Lok Sabha has 19. The party has its main base in Uttar Pradesh of Indian state, in UP the BSP has formed government several times. Mayawati is the President of the party and has been so for many years. The deep and mutual hostility between the BSP and the Samajwadi Party – the other leading state party in Uttar Pradesh, whose support is mainly obtained from the OBC or predominantly shudra classes has led the BSP into allying itself many times with its erstwhile ideological enemies, the BJP. Currently the party supports a Congress led alliance called the United Progressive UPA in the Indian Government.[1] Bahujan Samaj Party, Nepal (Majority Societ Party, Nepal) is a Nepalese political party. ... Hindi (Devanagari: or , IAST: , IPA: ), an Indo-European language spoken mainly in northern and central India, is one of the official languages of the Union government of India. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... Socialism is a social and economic system (or the political philosophy advocating such a system) in which the economic means of production are owned and controlled collectively by the people. ... In South Asias caste system, an untouchable, dalit, or achuta is a person outside of the four castes, and considered below them. ... The Indian caste system is the traditional system of social stratification on the Indian Subcontinent, in which social classes are defined by a number of endogamous, hereditary groups often termed as jātis or castes. ... Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (April 14, 1891 or 1892 - December 6, 1956) was the most prominent Indian Untouchable leader of the 20th century. ... Kanshi Ram (born 1934) is an Indian politician of Dalit Sikh background. ... Genera and Species Loxodonta Loxodonta cyclotis Loxodonta africana Elephas Elephas maximus Elephas antiquus † Elephas beyeri † Elephas celebensis † Elephas cypriotes † Elephas ekorensis † Elephas falconeri † Elephas iolensis † Elephas planifrons † Elephas platycephalus † Elephas recki † Stegodon † Mammuthus † Elephantidae (the elephants) is a family of pachyderm, and the only remaining family in the order Proboscidea... List of Members of the 13th Lok Sabha, elected September-October 1999. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the election of April-May 2004. ... , Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: , Urdu: , translation: Northern Province, IPA: ,  ), often referred to as U.P., is the most populous and fifth largest state in the Republic of India. ... Mayawati (born January 15, 1956) is an Indian politician, and the Chief Minister (incumbent) of Uttar Pradesh. ... Samajwadi Party flag Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party) is a political party in India. ... The Other Backward Classes (or OBCs) in India are a group of castes officially recognized as having been traditionally subject to exclusion. ... The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) (Hindi: , English: ), created in 1980, is one of the two major national political parties in India. ... Indian National Congress (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... The abbreviation UPA has several meanings: United Productions of America, USA-based animation studio Ukrayinska Povstanska Armia (Ukrainian Insurgent Army), a Ukrainian nationalist partisan organization during and after the World War II Uralic Phonetic Alphabet United Progressive Alliance A political coalition ruling India, as of 2005 University Preparatory Academy of... ...

On 11th May 2007 the state assembly election results made BSP the single majority party since 1991. After 15 years of hung assembly, BSP has won a clear majority in India's most populated state UP. The election results ended the coalition government era in UP by BSP being the single largest party with 206 seats out of 402 seats in the state assembly.. The BSP President begins as the new Chief Minister of UP for the fourth term. She took oath of chief minister along with 50 ministers (cabinet and state rank) on 13th May 2007 at 1:00 PM at Rajbhawan in the state capital Lucknow. A coalition is an alliance among entities, during which they cooperate in joint action, each in their own self-interest. ... Lucknow   (Hindi: लखनऊ, Urdu: لكهنو, ) is the capital city of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. ...

BSP as Key-Holder to Presidential race

Mayawati has emerged key player in the election of next president of india on 17 july as reported in press.Having made it entirely on her own sweat to UP assembly this time, question on everyone's mind is whom she is going to support as next president of India.Will it be from Congress,BJP or Left? Or will she choose to send her own ordinary supporter from BSP in UP in Rashtrapati Bhawan forcing other national parties to fall in line?National press has hailed her as an astute political strategist, master tactician.If other parties ignore her ordinary candidate, could it mean that these other parties shall face the wrath of ordinary UP electorate in 2009 general elections only to be routed at hands of BSP? Mayawati has successfully weaned away caste consciouness from the minds of ordinary UP electorate cutting across the broad spectrum of social hierarchy.Other question hanging heavily on minds of UP electorate is will Mayawati shrewdly choose to send an ordinary Thakur from UP itself as next Indian President to cut to size her arch foe firm of messers Mulayam and Amar?Questions are being asked in power corridors could this dark horse be Sher Singh?^[1]

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• Know the BSP, Article on rediff.
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See also: List of political parties in India, Politics of India Political parties in India lists political parties in India. ... Politics of India takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of India is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. ...