TFIPOST हिन्दी
TFIPOST Global
Tfipost.com
Tfipost.com
No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • All
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
    TMC’s Bangla-Only Whip: Regional Pride or Linguistic Bullying?

    TMC’s Bangla-Only Whip to MPs: Regional Pride or Linguistic Bullying?

    Ahead of Operation Sindoor Debate, Congress Faces Dilemma: Veterans Sidelined, Dynasts and Lightweights in Focus

    Congress’ Operation Sindoor Debate Dilemma: Veterans Sidelined, Dynasts and Lightweights in Focus

    Hindus Face Systematic Persecution in Bangladesh

    World Watches Gaza, Ignores Hindus : Taslima Nasreen Sounds Alarm on Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh

    Chidambaram Questions Pak Role, Faces Heat

    Congress in a Hurry to Defend Pakistan? Chidambaram’s ‘Homegrown Terrorists’ Remark Sparks National Outrage

    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • All
    • Business
    • Economy1
    • Finance
    India Bans 25 OTT Platforms

    India Bans 25 OTT Platforms Including ULLU, ALTT & Desiflix for Obscene Content

    Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds formally signed the Free Trade Agreement

    India, UK Sign Historic FTA; Modi Sends Stern Message on Terror, Corruption, and Democracy Abuse

    What Can the Hindustan Zinc Share Price Tell Us About Strategic Resource Investing in India

    What Can the Hindustan Zinc Share Price Tell Us About Strategic Resource Investing in India

    How to Choose the Best Bank to Open a Savings Account in 2025

    How to Choose the Best Bank to Open a Savings Account in 2025

    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • All
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
    Landmark US Tech Transfer: India to Produce V-BAT Drones

    US Origin V-BAT Drones to Be Made in India Under Rare Defence Deal

    ‘Rudra’ Brigades Announced: Army Chief Unveils New All-Arms Force on Kargil Vijay Diwas

    ‘Rudra’ Brigades Announced: Army Chief Unveils New All-Arms Force on Kargil Vijay Diwas

    From 1999 to Operation Sindoor: Kargil Vijay Diwas Marks India’s Unyielding Defence Legacy

    From 1999 to Operation Sindoor: Kargil Vijay Diwas Marks India’s Unyielding Defence Legacy

    India Cautions Citizens in Cambodia Amid Tensions Along Thai Border

    India Cautions its Citizens in Cambodia Amid Tensions Along Thai Border

    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • All
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
    China’s Failed Gamble in the Maldives: A Broader Pattern in South Asia

    China’s Failed Gamble in the Maldives: A Broader Pattern in South Asia

    Pakistan Backs Off: Islamabad Caves In on TRF After U.S. Terror Tag

    Pakistan Backs Off: Islamabad Caves In on TRF After U.S. Terror Tag

    From ‘India Out’ to Red Carpet Welcome: The Turnaround

    Modi-Muizzu Meet Yields Breakthrough Pacts, From ‘India Out’ to Red Carpet Welcome: The Turnaround

    Bail Rejected by Chattogram Sessions Court for Chinmoy Krishna Das

    Chinmoy Krishna Das Denied Bail Again Amid Growing Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • All
    • Culture
    • Education
    • History
    • Indology
    Chola Legacy, Modi’s Message: Restoring Dharma in Tamil Political Discourse

    Rajendra Chola to PM Modi: Reclaiming Tamil Nadu’s Forgotten Hindu Civilizational Heritage

    Schools in Delhi May Soon Bear Names of Local Kargil Martyrs, Says Minister on Vijay Diwas

    Schools in Delhi May Soon Bear Names of Local Kargil Martyrs, Says Minister on Vijay Diwas

    NCERT Textbook Reveals Mughal Religious Intolerance

    Ruthless Babur, Violent Akbar, Destructive Aurangzeb: NCERT Textbook Reveals Mughal Religious Intolerance

    India Built Gardens Long Before Babur Dreamt of Charbagh

    Before the Mughals: India’s Civilisation Built Gardens Long Before Babur Dreamt of Charbaghs

    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • All
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Games
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Satire
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    India Cautions Citizens in Cambodia Amid Tensions Along Thai Border

    India Cautions its Citizens in Cambodia Amid Tensions Along Thai Border

    India Becomes First Country to Digitally Preserve Traditional Medicine Using Artificial Intelligence

    India Becomes First Country to Digitally Preserve Traditional Medicine Using Artificial Intelligence

    Highest RTP Casino Games to Get Better Wins

    Highest RTP Casino Games to Get Better Wins

    How to Use Eyebrow Tinting Kits Like a Salon Expert

    How to Use Eyebrow Tinting Kits Like a Salon Expert

    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
Tfipost.com
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • All
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
    TMC’s Bangla-Only Whip: Regional Pride or Linguistic Bullying?

    TMC’s Bangla-Only Whip to MPs: Regional Pride or Linguistic Bullying?

    Ahead of Operation Sindoor Debate, Congress Faces Dilemma: Veterans Sidelined, Dynasts and Lightweights in Focus

    Congress’ Operation Sindoor Debate Dilemma: Veterans Sidelined, Dynasts and Lightweights in Focus

    Hindus Face Systematic Persecution in Bangladesh

    World Watches Gaza, Ignores Hindus : Taslima Nasreen Sounds Alarm on Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh

    Chidambaram Questions Pak Role, Faces Heat

    Congress in a Hurry to Defend Pakistan? Chidambaram’s ‘Homegrown Terrorists’ Remark Sparks National Outrage

    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • All
    • Business
    • Economy1
    • Finance
    India Bans 25 OTT Platforms

    India Bans 25 OTT Platforms Including ULLU, ALTT & Desiflix for Obscene Content

    Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal and UK Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds formally signed the Free Trade Agreement

    India, UK Sign Historic FTA; Modi Sends Stern Message on Terror, Corruption, and Democracy Abuse

    What Can the Hindustan Zinc Share Price Tell Us About Strategic Resource Investing in India

    What Can the Hindustan Zinc Share Price Tell Us About Strategic Resource Investing in India

    How to Choose the Best Bank to Open a Savings Account in 2025

    How to Choose the Best Bank to Open a Savings Account in 2025

    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • All
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
    Landmark US Tech Transfer: India to Produce V-BAT Drones

    US Origin V-BAT Drones to Be Made in India Under Rare Defence Deal

    ‘Rudra’ Brigades Announced: Army Chief Unveils New All-Arms Force on Kargil Vijay Diwas

    ‘Rudra’ Brigades Announced: Army Chief Unveils New All-Arms Force on Kargil Vijay Diwas

    From 1999 to Operation Sindoor: Kargil Vijay Diwas Marks India’s Unyielding Defence Legacy

    From 1999 to Operation Sindoor: Kargil Vijay Diwas Marks India’s Unyielding Defence Legacy

    India Cautions Citizens in Cambodia Amid Tensions Along Thai Border

    India Cautions its Citizens in Cambodia Amid Tensions Along Thai Border

    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • All
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
    China’s Failed Gamble in the Maldives: A Broader Pattern in South Asia

    China’s Failed Gamble in the Maldives: A Broader Pattern in South Asia

    Pakistan Backs Off: Islamabad Caves In on TRF After U.S. Terror Tag

    Pakistan Backs Off: Islamabad Caves In on TRF After U.S. Terror Tag

    From ‘India Out’ to Red Carpet Welcome: The Turnaround

    Modi-Muizzu Meet Yields Breakthrough Pacts, From ‘India Out’ to Red Carpet Welcome: The Turnaround

    Bail Rejected by Chattogram Sessions Court for Chinmoy Krishna Das

    Chinmoy Krishna Das Denied Bail Again Amid Growing Persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh

    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • All
    • Culture
    • Education
    • History
    • Indology
    Chola Legacy, Modi’s Message: Restoring Dharma in Tamil Political Discourse

    Rajendra Chola to PM Modi: Reclaiming Tamil Nadu’s Forgotten Hindu Civilizational Heritage

    Schools in Delhi May Soon Bear Names of Local Kargil Martyrs, Says Minister on Vijay Diwas

    Schools in Delhi May Soon Bear Names of Local Kargil Martyrs, Says Minister on Vijay Diwas

    NCERT Textbook Reveals Mughal Religious Intolerance

    Ruthless Babur, Violent Akbar, Destructive Aurangzeb: NCERT Textbook Reveals Mughal Religious Intolerance

    India Built Gardens Long Before Babur Dreamt of Charbagh

    Before the Mughals: India’s Civilisation Built Gardens Long Before Babur Dreamt of Charbaghs

    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • All
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Entertainment
    • Food
    • Games
    • Health
    • Lifestyle
    • Satire
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    India Cautions Citizens in Cambodia Amid Tensions Along Thai Border

    India Cautions its Citizens in Cambodia Amid Tensions Along Thai Border

    India Becomes First Country to Digitally Preserve Traditional Medicine Using Artificial Intelligence

    India Becomes First Country to Digitally Preserve Traditional Medicine Using Artificial Intelligence

    Highest RTP Casino Games to Get Better Wins

    Highest RTP Casino Games to Get Better Wins

    How to Use Eyebrow Tinting Kits Like a Salon Expert

    How to Use Eyebrow Tinting Kits Like a Salon Expert

    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
No Result
View All Result
Tfipost.com
Tfipost.com
No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Politics
  • Economy
  • Defense
  • Geopolitics
  • Knowledge
  • Law
  • Lounge

2022 UP elections will mark the end of Mayawati as a tall Dalit leader

Abhinav Singh by Abhinav Singh
30 June 2021
in Trending
Mayawati, Dalit, UP,

Credit: AFP File Photo

Share on FacebookShare on X

The Uttar Pradesh assembly elections are still a year away but the political climate in the state has started to heat up. Though opposition parties and the liberal media outlets continue to manufacture fake scams and try to flame communal riots (Read: Loni assault case), the Yogi Adityanath government goes about its business unperturbed. And while Congress and Samajwadi Party are still making their presence felt, albeit minuscule, it is the absence of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) that has surprised the poll pundits.

Losing Dalit seats

RelatedPosts

Congress’ Operation Sindoor Debate Dilemma: Veterans Sidelined, Dynasts and Lightweights in Focus

The Decline of Jat Political Dominance in North India: A Post-Dhankhar Reality Check

Yogi Adityanath Makes History, Becomes Longest Serving UP CM

Load More

Once touted as the next big national party that could have solely been the face for Dalits, the party has now lost touch with its core voter base. Dalits comprise about 20 per cent of the population in UP and are a crucial voting bloc in elections. Seventeen of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in UP are reserved for Scheduled Castes.

However, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the Mayawati-led BSP could win only two seats (Nagina and Lalganj), while the BJP swept 15, including the Hathras seat. Meanwhile, in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP won with an even bigger margin, sweeping all the 17 reserved constituencies. Safe to say, the statistics point that BSP fell out with the Dalit voters of UP a long time back.

Turncoats propelling BJP to victory

What has supposedly worked in BJPs favour is the fact that several tall Dalit leaders have switched camps to the BJP from BSP. The lack of party leadership from Mayawati has hurt the party’s cause. Routine news stories of BSP top brass offering electoral tickets to the highest bidders did not resonate with the party loyalists and they eventually deserted the sinking ship of BSP. As many as 9 out of 17 candidates that won on the BJP ticket were previously BSP leaders.

And while people have only started working from home after the pandemic struck, a visionary in Mayawati has been doing so for the last seven years. The party got only 19 seats in the 2017 assembly elections.

Courtesy of the unholy alliance with SP, the party managed to go from zero to ten seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections by eating Akhilesh’s vote share, but since then, it has all been downhill for Mayawati and her archaic party.

Only 8 MLAs remain, a repeat of Chirag Paswan but with Mayawati?

It hasn’t helped Mayawati’s cause that she has now expelled 11 party legislators in the last 18 months with Lalji Verma and Akbarpur MLA Ram Achal Rajbhar being the latest casualty. Senior OBC leaders had considerable sway over the community but by showing them the doors, it appears that ahead of the assembly polls, BSP is disintegrating.

Another development that shows the turmoil within the party ranks is the routine chopping and change of the Party president. Bhim Rajbhar was appointed the party’s new UP president in November last year and became the fourth person to hold the post since the 2017 assembly elections. The other three being Munquad Ali, R.S. Kushwaha and the now-expelled Ram Achal Rajbhar.

Meanwhile, only 8 MLAs remain in Mayawati’s fold, and it doesn’t augur well for the voters who will not be willing to cast their votes for a party that cannot get its house in order. If few other MLAs desert BSP, Mayawati could risk losing her party as they can claim to be the BSP top brass with the numbers backing it up. A similar incident that happened in UP’s neighbouring state where Chirag Paswan was booted off his father’s party has already served as the precedent.

Remaining dormant on Dalit issues

While several opposition parties tried to use the Hathras rape incident to milk the Dalit vote bank, BSP supremo Mayawati remained dormant on the issue either. When people questioned the absence of the BSP cadre on the ground, Mayawati was forced to clarify twice that she had sent a delegation to meet the family in Hathras.

Read More: Akhilesh is politically dead and Mayawati is missing – UP election is going to be a cakewalk for the BJP

Wooing minorities but losing Dalits

In the pursuit of retaining influence over the minorities, Mayawati has completely sidelined the Dalits and the OBCs. There was a reason Mayawati was barred from campaigning in the run-up to the 2019 Elections for 48 hours over her appealing directly to Muslim voters in Saharanpur and Bareilly districts.

When the then BJP President Amit Shah took charge of Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Narendra Modi, he focused on this section and results immediately followed. After laying the foundation stone for the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust delivered the first prasad to the house of a Dalit Mahaveer in Ayodhya, which explains the shift in the Dalit votes to the BJP.

As reported by TFI, according to an ABP-C Voter survey conducted in March earlier this year, if elections were to be held now, BJP would storm into power once again. The BJP is projected to win 289 seats in the 403-seat Uttar Pradesh Assembly in March 2021. Meanwhile, SP is projected to be the second-largest party with 59 seats followed by BSP with 38 seats but not posing any real challenge to the BJP.

Read More: Yogi Adityanath remains unbeatable in Uttar Pradesh as C-Voter survey points to a big majority if elections were to happen today

Mayawati is the old, overworked derby horse that has seemingly reached the end of its career. And unless she makes a concerted effort to turn the wheel and reinvent the party machinery, develop a second line of leadership, and create a credible political message, the Dalits and the other lower-caste votes will continue to evade her. It is high time for Mayawati to make the necessary changes or her party could be lost in oblivion, only to be referred to by the future generations as the Dinosaur of Indian politics.

Tags: Assembly ElectionsBJPBSPDalitsMayawatiSPUttar Pradesh
Share17TweetSend
Previous Post

After being fined by the Delhi HC in Central Vista case, the petitioners got brutally destroyed by the SC as well

Next Post

As Delhi Police files FIR against Twitter over Child Pornography, Modi govt struck Twitter’s weakest nerve

Related Posts

Ahead of Operation Sindoor Debate, Congress Faces Dilemma: Veterans Sidelined, Dynasts and Lightweights in Focus
Analysis

Congress’ Operation Sindoor Debate Dilemma: Veterans Sidelined, Dynasts and Lightweights in Focus

28 July 2025

As the Lok Sabha prepares for a high-stakes debate on Operation Sindoor, the Congress Party finds itself in a...

Hindus Face Systematic Persecution in Bangladesh
Trending

World Watches Gaza, Ignores Hindus : Taslima Nasreen Sounds Alarm on Hindu Genocide in Bangladesh

28 July 2025

Exiled author Taslima Nasreen has taken to X (formerly Twitter) to expose the persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh, warning...

Chidambaram Questions Pak Role, Faces Heat
Politics

Congress in a Hurry to Defend Pakistan? Chidambaram’s ‘Homegrown Terrorists’ Remark Sparks National Outrage

28 July 2025

Senior Congress leader and former Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram publicly questioned whether the terrorists involved in the Pahalgam...

Load More

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

I agree to the Terms of use and Privacy Policy.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Currently Playing

Should the HR&CE Exist? The Controversial Control Over Hindu Temples in Tamil Nadu

Should the HR&CE Exist? The Controversial Control Over Hindu Temples in Tamil Nadu

00:06:31

Will India Buy F-35s from US or Build Su-57s with Russia? IAF’s Big Push Explained

00:08:32

PM Modi’s Blueprint for Tamil Nadu Begins at Rajendra Chola’s Capital Gangaikonda Cholapuram

00:07:57

One Woman. Two Brothers. Jodidaran- A Living Example of Polyandry in Himachal's Hatti Tribe.

00:05:32

Lashkar-e-Taiba on the Run from Muridke: Is Bahawalpur Becoming Pakistan’s New Terror Capital?

00:07:26
Facebook Twitter Instagram Youtube
tfipostTfipost.com
Right Wing | News Analysis | Indian Opinion
  • About us
  • Careers
  • Brand Partnerships
  • Terms of use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sitemap
MASHABLE IS A GLOBAL, MULTI-PLATFORM MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY. FOR MORE QUERIES AND NEWS, CONTACT US AT info@mashablepartners.com


©2025 TFI Media Private Limited

No Result
View All Result
  • Premium
  • Politics
    • Analysis
    • Opinions
    • Trending
  • Economy
    • Business
    • Finance
  • Defense
    • Defence
    • Strategy
    • Weaponry
  • Geopolitics
    • Africa
    • Americas
    • Asia Pacific
    • Europe
    • South Asia
    • West Asia
  • Knowledge
    • Culture
    • History
    • Indology
  • Law
  • Lounge
    • Books
    • Cinema
    • Food
    • Health
    • Sports
    • technology
    • Travel
    • Satire
TFIPOST हिन्दी
TFIPOST Global

©2025 TFI Media Private Limited