In a fiery address at a special meeting of the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) Uttar Pradesh unit in Lucknow on Thursday, party president Mayawati launched a scathing attack on the Congress and Samajwadi Party (SP), accusing them of lacking political integrity and commitment to marginalized communities. Urging BSP workers to channel their full energy into preparations for the 2027 state Assembly elections, she positioned the BSP as the sole champion of social and economic emancipation for the underprivileged, aiming to seize the "master key of political power" in Uttar Pradesh.

Mayawati celebrated the “historic success” of the party’s October 9 mega-event at the Kanshi Ram Ji Memorial Site, held to mark the 19th death anniversary of BSP founder Kanshi Ram. She described the massive turnout—lakhs arriving by trains, buses, cars, and even on foot—as a testament to the party’s unwavering grassroots support. Dismissing rival parties’ allegations that the BSP used government buses to inflate crowds, she accused Congress and SP of resorting to “petty politics” out of frustration, noting their reliance on “rented crowds” for their own rallies. “Their accusations only expose their desperation and inability to match BSP’s organic support base,” she quipped, reinforcing her party’s authenticity.

The former UP chief minister also praised the current state government for heeding the BSP’s demand to allocate revenue from ticket sales at BSP-era memorials, monuments, and parks in Lucknow—now tourist sites—for their upkeep. This move, she argued, reflects the BSP’s “political honesty and goodwill,” qualities she claimed are alien to the SP and Congress.

Mayawati tore into the SP’s “casteist mindset,” alleging that during its tenure, it neglected BSP-built memorials honoring Bahujan saints, gurus, and reformers, and renamed districts, universities, colleges, and hospitals established under her regime. “Had they not dismantled welfare schemes or indulged in such vindictive renaming, their legacy might not be tarnished like the infamous 1995 state guest house incident,” she remarked, referring to a notorious SP-led assault on her that remains a dark chapter in UP’s political history.

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Mayawati emphasized that the BSP’s politics is “clean, transparent, and open like a book,” guided by the principle of Sarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan Sukhay (welfare and happiness for all). Unlike rivals, she said, the BSP shuns bribery, deceit, and secret collusion, maintaining integrity whether in power or opposition. With the 2027 elections looming, she called on workers to intensify outreach, capitalizing on the party’s transparent ethos to rebuild its dominance in UP’s complex political landscape.

As the BSP gears up, Mayawati’s sharp critique signals a no-holds-barred campaign to expose rivals’ “political malice” and restore the party’s glory in a state where caste and coalition dynamics reign supreme.

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