It is an alliance that took shape in just a few hours of discussion and the former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi wants it to continue till the 2019 general elections by projecting his ally and BSP supremo Mayawati as the prime ministerial candidate.

Took just few hours to forge alliance with Mayawati, will project her as PM candidate: Ajit Jogi

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is planning to contest on all 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan, which is going to polls on December 7. The party won three seats in the 2013-assembly elections by securing 3.

BSP plans to contest on all 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan

Before the 2015 Bihar state assembly elections, a new concept was introduced in India’s already crowded political lexicon, the ‘mahagathbandhan’. Loosely translated, it stood for a grand alliance of many parties who did not share too many commonalities except for one driving factor — the incessant desire to stop the then seemingly unstoppable Narendra Modi juggernaut in its tracks.

Grand alliance comes to haunt

As former Uttar Pradesh chief ministers begin vacating their bungalows in Lucknow following a Supreme Court order last month, Rajasthan also awaits a court order on the same issue

Rajasthan awaits court order on bungalows for ex-chief ministers

Mayawati said she will continue to lead the Bahujan Samaj Party for the next 20 to 22 years, bluntly telling party leaders that nobody needed to dream of becoming the party president.

I will remain BSP president for next 20 years until I get old: Mayawati

The BSP chief effected a major reshuffle within her party, appointing R S Kushwaha as the Uttar Pradesh unit president in place of Ram Achal Rajbhar

Mayawati tells partymen to be ready to fight elections solo

Hitting out at the Samajwadi party, Tripathi said, "Ever since Akhilesh Yadav replaced his father (Mulayam Singh Yadav) as the SP president, the party has been weakened."

BJP terms Akhilesh, Mayawati's proposed Karnataka visit 'political tourism'

Dilip Singh and his family members were allegedly thrashed by unknown miscreants at gunpoint in Uttar Pradesh`s Unnao on Sunday.The miscreants involved had fled the spot after the attack

Suspended BSP MLA Anil Singh's brother attacked, 5 detained

An MLA from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Anil Singh went against his party to vote for the BJP in the Rajya Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh on Friday

Rajya Sabha polls: Setback to Mayawati, BSP MLA votes for BJP

WION Evening News Brief, March 4, 2018

Polls in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies are scheduled to be held on March 11. The seat in the two constituencies was vacated by Yogi Adityanath and his deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya in 2017

SP, BSP to collectively fight against BJP in UP bypolls

Vijay Shankar Singh was arrested from Sultanpur in the early hours today, Senior Superintendent of Police Akaash Kulhari said

Main accused in Dalit student's lynching arrested

She also told the BSP workers to be alert on the possibility of an early Lok Sabha election and asked them to start preparing for it.

I'll convert to Buddhism along with followers, Mayawati warns BJP, RSS

Will Samajwadi Secular Morcha create further split in the Samajwadi Party?

Mulyam Singh Yadav's family members are at daggers drawn

With election defeats, corruption charges and disconnect from people, Mayawati is in a similar position as Ms. Gandhi was decades back

What BSP's Mayawati can learn from former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi

'We have deposited the money collected as party funds honestly in the bank account. We have account of every rupee deposited,' she said

Mayawati: Central govt misusing state machinery to malign BSP before UP elections