{"id":60551,"date":"2025-03-25T10:22:52","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T10:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/?p=60551"},"modified":"2025-03-25T10:22:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T10:22:52","slug":"mayawati-calls-for-political-power-to-uplift-dalits-and-obcs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/25\/mayawati-calls-for-political-power-to-uplift-dalits-and-obcs\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayawati Calls for Political Power to Uplift Dalits and OBCs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"121\" data-end=\"289\">Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo <strong data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"167\">Mayawati<\/strong> on Tuesday emphasized that <strong data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"287\">political power is the key to bringing \u201cachche din\u201d (good days) for Dalits and Bahujans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"291\" data-end=\"456\">\ud83d\udde3 <strong data-start=\"294\" data-end=\"378\">\u201cWinning political power is the only way for Bahujans to achieve real progress,\u201d<\/strong> she declared while addressing a state-level meeting of BSP\u2019s OBC officials.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"\" data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"463\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"465\" data-end=\"522\"><strong data-start=\"469\" data-end=\"520\">\ud83d\udd39 Caste-Based Politics and OBC Marginalization<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"682\">Mayawati accused political rivals of <strong data-start=\"561\" data-end=\"612\">pushing caste-based and narrow-minded politics,<\/strong> which she claimed has severely affected <strong data-start=\"653\" data-end=\"679\">OBCs, just like Dalits<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"1019\">\ud83d\udea8 <strong data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"726\">Key Points from Mayawati\u2019s Address:<\/strong><br data-start=\"726\" data-end=\"729\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"732\" data-end=\"772\">Constitutional reservations for OBCs<\/strong> have been weakened by <strong data-start=\"795\" data-end=\"811\">new policies<\/strong>.<br data-start=\"812\" data-end=\"815\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"818\" data-end=\"847\">BSP played a crucial role<\/strong> in ensuring reservation rights for OBCs.<br data-start=\"888\" data-end=\"891\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"894\" data-end=\"943\">Mandate for a renewed and aggressive campaign<\/strong> at the <strong data-start=\"951\" data-end=\"968\">village level<\/strong> to unite Bahujans against BJP, Congress, and SP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1021\" data-end=\"1160\">\ud83d\udde3 <strong data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1148\">\u201cOBCs and Dalits must unite to strengthen their political power and defeat casteist parties like BJP, Congress, and SP,\u201d<\/strong> she said.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"\" data-start=\"1162\" data-end=\"1167\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1225\"><strong data-start=\"1173\" data-end=\"1223\">\ud83d\udd39 BSP vs. Rivals \u2013 A Fight for Bahujan Rights<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1227\" data-end=\"1320\">Mayawati accused <strong data-start=\"1244\" data-end=\"1280\">opposition parties of conspiring<\/strong> to remove BSP from power in <strong data-start=\"1309\" data-end=\"1317\">2012<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1322\" data-end=\"1566\">\u26a0\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"1325\" data-end=\"1371\">Allegations Against BJP, Congress, and SP:<\/strong><br data-start=\"1371\" data-end=\"1374\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"1377\" data-end=\"1427\">Worked together to remove BSP from UP in 2012.<\/strong><br data-start=\"1427\" data-end=\"1430\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"1433\" data-end=\"1494\">Misled and exploited Dalits and OBCs with false promises.<\/strong><br data-start=\"1494\" data-end=\"1497\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"1500\" data-end=\"1564\">Created smaller caste-based outfits to weaken Bahujan unity.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1568\" data-end=\"1696\">She emphasized that <strong data-start=\"1588\" data-end=\"1632\">only BSP can safeguard Bahujan interests<\/strong>, while other parties serve <strong data-start=\"1660\" data-end=\"1693\">personal and family interests<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1698\" data-end=\"1800\">\ud83d\udde3 <strong data-start=\"1701\" data-end=\"1787\">\u201cThe sooner people understand this and take control of their destiny, the better,\u201d<\/strong> she added.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"\" data-start=\"1802\" data-end=\"1807\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"1809\" data-end=\"1867\"><strong data-start=\"1813\" data-end=\"1865\">\ud83d\udd39 Demand for Caste Census &amp; Tribute to Ambedkar<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1869\" data-end=\"1988\">\ud83d\udcdc <strong data-start=\"1872\" data-end=\"1986\">Mayawati recalled that her government wrote to then-PM Manmohan Singh in 2011, demanding a caste-based census.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1990\" data-end=\"2201\">\u26a1 <strong data-start=\"1992\" data-end=\"2035\">BSP\u2019s April 14 Plan (Ambedkar Jayanti):<\/strong><br data-start=\"2035\" data-end=\"2038\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"2041\" data-end=\"2084\">District-level discussions across India<\/strong> on Dalit and OBC issues.<br data-start=\"2109\" data-end=\"2112\" \/>\u2714\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"2115\" data-end=\"2160\">BSP leaders to garland Ambedkar\u2019s statues<\/strong> in <strong data-start=\"2164\" data-end=\"2185\">Lucknow and Noida<\/strong> as a tribute.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"\" data-start=\"2203\" data-end=\"2208\" \/>\n<h3 class=\"\" data-start=\"2210\" data-end=\"2245\"><strong data-start=\"2214\" data-end=\"2243\">\ud83d\udce2 The Road Ahead for BSP<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2354\">\ud83d\uddf3\ufe0f <strong data-start=\"2251\" data-end=\"2352\">With elections approaching, Mayawati\u2019s call for Bahujan unity is a strong push for BSP\u2019s revival.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2356\" data-end=\"2467\">Will this aggressive <strong data-start=\"2377\" data-end=\"2413\">campaign at the grassroots level<\/strong> help BSP regain its lost ground? Only time will tell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday emphasized that political power is the key to bringing \u201cachche din\u201d (good days) for Dalits and Bahujans. \ud83d\udde3&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4603],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60551","post","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60551"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60551\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60553,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60551\/revisions\/60553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/earlypostdaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}