Bahujan Samaj Party

Information about Bahujan Samaj Party

Bahujan Samaj Party
Party ChairpersonMayawati Kumari
General SecretarySatish Chandra Mishra
Parliamentary Party Chairperson
Leader of Lok SabhaRajesh Verma
Leader of Rajya SabhaSatish Chandra Mishra
Founded1984
Headquarters12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road,
New Delhi - 110001
Alliance
Seats in Lok Sabha19
Seats in Rajya Sabha6
Political IdeologyDalit Socialism
Political PositionFiscal: Center-Left
Social: Center-Left
PublicationsAdil Jafri, Mayayug
Website
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]

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 403 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.

External Links

 •  • [ e]
Political parties in India
National coalitionsLeft Front - National Democratic Alliance - United Progressive Alliance
Recognized national parties[1]Bahujan Samaj Party - Bharatiya Janata Party - Communist Party of India - Communist Party of India (Marxist) - Indian National Congress - Nationalist Congress Party
Recognized state parties[2]All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - All India Forward Bloc - Arunachal Congress - Asom Gana Parishad - Biju Janata Dal - Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation - Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Federal Party of Manipur - Hill State People's Democratic Party - Indian National Lok Dal - Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra - Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - Jammu & Kashmir National Panthers Party - Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party - Janata Dal (Secular) - Janata Dal (United) - Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy - Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - Kerala Congress (Mani) - Kerala Congress - Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party - Manipur People's Party - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - Meghalaya Democratic Party - Mizo National Front - Mizoram People's Conference - Muslim League Kerala State Committee - Nagaland People's Front - Nationalist Democratic Movement - Nationalist Trinamool Congress - Pattali Makkal Katchi - Rashtriya Janata Dal - Rashtriya Lok Dal - Revolutionary Socialist Party - Samajwadi Party - Shiromani Akali Dal (Simranjit Singh Mann) - Shiromani Akali Dal - Shiv Sena - Sikkim Democratic Front - Telugu Desam Party - United Democratic Party - United Goans Democratic Party - Uttarakhand Kranti Dal - Zoram Nationalist Party
Other parties in parliamentAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen - Bharatiya Navshakti Party - Lok Janshakti Party - Loktantrik Jan Samta Party - National Loktantrik Party - Republican Party of India (Athvale) - Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)

References

1. ^ See the List of recognised political parties in India.
2. ^ To gain recognition as a state party, the party must have some kind of political activity for at least five continuous years, and send at least 4% of the state's quota to the Lok Sabha (India's Lower house), or 3.33% of members to the state assembly. If the above conditions are not fulfilled, then a party may gain recognition by garnering not less than 6% of the total votes in a state or national election, polled in by all its contesting candidates. If a party is recognised in four or more states, it is automatically recognised as a national party by the EC.
Mayawati Naina Kumari (b. January 15, 1956, Delhi) is an Indian politician, and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and is widely perceived as the architect of the stunning BSP victory in the Uttar Pradesh Elections, 2007.
..... Click the link for more information.
Satish Mishra is the cabinet minister in Mayavati ministry in Uttar Pradesh and a senior leader of BSP .He worked hard for success of the party in 2007 assembly election . He is a lawyer by profession.He is a member of Rajya Sabha.
..... Click the link for more information.
Rajesh Verma (born 6 November, 1960) is an Indian politician for the Sitapur (Lok Sabha Constituency) in Uttar Pradesh.

External link

  • Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

..... Click the link for more information.
Satish Mishra is the cabinet minister in Mayavati ministry in Uttar Pradesh and a senior leader of BSP .He worked hard for success of the party in 2007 assembly election . He is a lawyer by profession.He is a member of Rajya Sabha.
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century
1950s  1960s  1970s  - 1980s -  1990s  2000s  2010s
1981 1982 1983 - 1984 - 1985 1986 1987

Year 1984 (MCMLXXXIV
..... Click the link for more information.
New Delhi (Hindi: नई दिल्ली, Punjabi: ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ, Urdu:
..... Click the link for more information.
1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
10s BC  0s BC  0s  - 10s -  20s  30s  40s
16     17    18  - 19 -  20  21  22
This article is about the year 19.

..... Click the link for more information.
1st century BC - 1st century - 2nd century
20s BC  10s BC  0s BC  - 0s -  10s  20s  30s
3     4    5    - 6 -  7  8  9

..... Click the link for more information.

..... Click the link for more information.

..... Click the link for more information.
Nepal

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Nepal

  • King
  • Gyanendra
  • Prime Minister
  • Girija Prasad Koirala
  • Interim legislature

..... Click the link for more information.
Hindi}}} 
Writing system: Devanagari script 
Official status
Official language of:  India
 Fiji (as Hindustani)
Regulated by: Central Hindi Directorate (only in India)[1]
Language codes
ISO 639-1: hi
ISO 639-2:
..... Click the link for more information.
political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. Parties often espouse a certain ideology and vision, but may also represent a coalition among disparate interests.
..... Click the link for more information.
This page is currently protected from editing until disputes have been resolved.
Protection is not an endorsement of the current [ version] ([ protection log]).
..... Click the link for more information.
Socialism

Currents
Communism
Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism
Guild socialism
Libertarian socialism
Market socialism
Revolutionary socialism
Social democracy
Utopian socialism


..... Click the link for more information.
In the Indian caste system, a Dalit, often called an untouchable, or an outcaste, is a person who according to traditional Hindu belief does not have any "varnas".
..... Click the link for more information.
The Indian caste system describes the social stratification and social restrictions in the Indian Subcontinent, in which social classes are defined by thousands of endogamous, hereditary groups often termed as jātis or castes.
..... Click the link for more information.
Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Marathi: डा. भीमराव रामजी आंबेडकर) (April 14, 1891 — December 6, 1956) was an Indian jurist, scholar, Bahujan political leader
..... Click the link for more information.
Kanshi Ram (March 15 1934 – October 9 2006) was an Indian politician of Dalit Sikh background. He founded the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a political party with the stated goal of serving the traditionally lower castes of Indian society, including Sudras and Dalits
..... Click the link for more information.
Elephantidae
Gray, 1821

Subfamilia
  • See Classification
The elephants (Elephantidae) are a family in the order Proboscidea in the class Mammalia.
..... Click the link for more information.
The 13th Lok Sabha is the 13th session of the Lok Sabha (House of the People, or lower house in the Parliament of India). It was elected in September-October, 1999 and continued until June 2004, when the 14th Lok Sabha was convened.
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century
1960s  1970s  1980s  - 1990s -  2000s  2010s  2020s
1996 1997 1998 - 1999 - 2000 2001 2002

Year 1999 (MCMXCIX
..... Click the link for more information.
20th century - 21st century - 22nd century
1970s  1980s  1990s  - 2000s -  2010s  2020s  2030s
2001 2002 2003 - 2004 - 2005 2006 2007

2004 by topic:
News by month
Jan - Feb - Mar - Apr - May - Jun
..... Click the link for more information.
The 14th Lok Sabha was convened after the election of April-May 2004. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India.

The List of Members [1] is given below.
..... Click the link for more information.
Coordinates:

Uttar Pradesh (Hindi: उत्तर प्रदेश, Urdu:
..... Click the link for more information.
Mayawati Naina Kumari (b. January 15, 1956, Delhi) is an Indian politician, and the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), and is widely perceived as the architect of the stunning BSP victory in the Uttar Pradesh Elections, 2007.
..... Click the link for more information.
Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party) is a political party in India. It describes itself as a democratic socialist and anti-English language party. It was founded on October 4, 1992.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Other Backward Classes (or OBCs) in India are a group of citizens other than the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes as may be specified by the Central Government in their lists.
..... Click the link for more information.
The Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] (Hindi: भारतीय जनता पार्टी [भाजपा], translation: Indian People's Party
..... Click the link for more information.
Indian National Congress, Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. Created in 1885 by A. O.
..... Click the link for more information.

This article is copied from an article on Wikipedia.org - the free encyclopedia created and edited by online user community. The text was not checked or edited by anyone on our staff. Although the vast majority of the wikipedia encyclopedia articles provide accurate and timely information please do not assume the accuracy of any particular article. This article is distributed under the terms of GNU Free Documentation License.