Bahujan Samaj Party
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The Bahujan Samaj Party (abbr. BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with religious minorities.[4] According to Kanshi Ram, when he founded the party in 1984, the Bahujans comprised 85 percent of India's population, but were divided into 6,000 different castes.[5][6] The party claims to be inspired by the philosophy of B. R. Ambedkar, Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Narayana Guru, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, and Gautama Buddha.
Bahujan Samaj Party | |
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Abbreviation | BSP |
President | Mayawati[1] |
General Secretary |
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Rajya Sabha Leader | Ramji Gautam |
Founder | Kanshi Ram |
Founded | 14 April 1984 (40 years ago) (1984-04-14) |
Preceded by | Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti |
Headquarters | 12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi, India-110001 |
Newspaper | Bahujan Samaj Bulletin |
Ideology | Social justice[3] Self-Respect[3] |
Colours | Blue |
ECI Status | National Party |
Alliance | BSP+SAD (2022–2023) BSP+GGP (2023–2024) BSP+INLD (2023–) |
Seats in Lok Sabha | 0 / 543 |
Seats in Rajya Sabha | 1 / 245 |
Seats in State Legislative Assembly | 2 / 4,036
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Seats in State Legislative Council | 0 / 426 |
Number of states and union territories in government | 0 / 31 |
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Kanshi Ram named his protégée, Mayawati, as his successor in 2001. The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh where it was the second-largest party in the 2019 Indian general election with 19.3% of votes[7] and fourth largest in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with 12.88% of votes.[8] Its election symbol is an elephant which is the same symbol historically used by Dr. Ambedkar's Scheduled Castes Federation.[9]