Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday cast his vote in Lucknow in the first phase of Municipal Corporation elections and urged people to exercise their franchise.
"Our party is fighting this election alone without the support of any other party. We are hopeful that our party will receive a good response and we will get positive results," the BSP supremo told reporters here.
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati on Wednesday paid floral tribute to party founder Kanshi Ram at a programme organized at the party office in Lucknow on his birth anniversary.
Delhi Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has turned down an application seeking prosecution sanction against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister BSP supremo Mayawati for allegedly hurting religious sentiments with her remark.
BSP chief and former UP chief minister Mayawati on Monday said party leader Shaista Parveen, the wife of former Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA Atiq Ahmed who has been named in a double murder case along with her husband and son, wil be expelled from the party if found guilty as charged.
Mayawati said that the presented budget has been very much similar to the ones presented in the last nine years with huge promises and announcements being showered on the common citizens.
BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday launched a scathing attack on the BJP and SP, saying both parties collusion to polarise upcoming elections and divert public attention from the burning national issues.
As the politics on Ramcharitmanas controversy is intensifying, RSS leader Indresh Kumar told ANI that the Ramayana was written by Maharshi Valmiki. Any insult to the Ramayana is an insult to the whole of scheduled castes, tribal and OBC (other backward castes) community.
According to the sources, in the all-party meeting held on Monday, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party raised the issue of the Chinese intrusion and asked for a discussion in the Parliament.
Declaring no alliance for the upcoming elections, the BSP supremo said, "In the assembly and general elections next year, BSP will contest the elections by itself."