Overview

• Speaking at a massive Oct. 9 gathering at the Kanshi Ram memorial in Lucknow, Mayawati framed the event as a comeback and kickoff for the BSP’s 2027 campaign.
• She ruled out alliances for the next Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, arguing past tie-ups shifted BSP votes to partners without reciprocal support.
• Mayawati praised the BJP-run state’s handling of memorial revenues and upkeep, contrasting it with the SP’s tenure, and a BJP minister publicly thanked her for the acknowledgment.
• She targeted the Samajwadi Party as “two-faced” and alleged a secret multi-party effort against the BSP, also claiming vote transfers and EVM manipulation in past polls as her assertions.
• Projecting national coordinator Akash Anand as a key organiser, she urged cadre to back him, as Akhilesh Yadav accused her of “internal collusion” with the BJP and the UP Congress alleged, without independent verification, that the rally was BJP-funded to divide Dalit votes.