{
  "id": 18426456,
  "title": "Mayawati Looks To Ambedkar Legacy To Revive BSP Ahead Of 2027 Polls, Targets 5th Term In UP",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/mayawati-looks-to-ambedkar-legacy-to-revive-bsp-ahead-of-2027-polls",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-06T02:30:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/mayawati-looks-to-ambedkar-legacy-to-revive-bsp-ahead-of-2027-polls-targets-5th-term-in-up"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In the run-up to the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, BSP chief Mayawati aims to rejuvenate her party's fortunes by embracing Ambedkarite politics, with a focus on social justice and the empowerment of weaker sections. The party is gearing up to leverage the December 6 Ambedkar death anniversary programme in Lucknow as a major political mobilisation event. At a recent high-level meeting of the BSP's Uttar Pradesh unit, Mayawati assessed the party's organizational readiness and urged leaders to bolster their networks down to the booth level. She emphasized the importance of identifying strong candidates and garnering support from Dalits, backward communities, minorities, and other disadvantaged groups.\n\nMayawati announced her willingness to lead a large commemorative programme on the Ambedkar death anniversary, which is expected to reconnect the BSP with its traditional support base and strengthen its political narrative. The party intends to make the programme a historic event, using Ambedkar's legacy as a rallying point for its campaign ahead of the crucial Assembly elections. During the meeting, Mayawati called on party workers to strive for a BSP government in Uttar Pradesh for the fifth time, and asked office-bearers to address organizational weaknesses and intensify efforts to unite weaker sections around the party's political agenda. The slogan \"Vote hamara, raj bhi hamara\" is expected to be central to the party's campaign, reflecting its goal of reviving the idea of political empowerment through social consolidation.\n\nDirectly challenging rival parties, Mayawati accused the Congress, BJP, and Samajwadi Party of using Dr Ambedkar's Constitution for political gains but failing to uphold its principles for the benefit of weaker sections. She alleged that successive governments had neglected the concerns of various disadvantaged communities, including Dalits, tribals, backward communities, minorities, farmers, laborers, women, and unemployed youth. Mayawati projected the BSP's four governments in Uttar Pradesh as examples of governance based on the rule of law and public welfare, vowing to ensure justice, security, and dignity for all sections of society. She also raised concerns about electoral credibility, questioning the fairness of the electoral process due to the use of electronic voting machines and stressing the importance of free and impartial elections for restoring public confidence in democracy.",
  "summary": "Lucknow: With the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections approaching, BSP chief Mayawati is looking to revive the party's political fortunes by returning to its core plank of Ambedkarite politics, social justice and empowerment of weaker sections. The party is also preparing to turn its December 6 Ambedkar death anniversary programme in Lucknow into a major political mobilisation exercise. At a…",
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}