Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
The Bahujan Samaj Party is a national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Bahujans (OBC, SC, ST & Minorities), who are thought by some to be at the bottom of the Indian caste system, and claims to be inspired by the philosophy of Ambedkar. The SP'>BSP was founded by the high-profile charismatic leader Kanshi Ram in 1984.
In the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004) it had 14 (out of 545) members and currently in the 14th Lok Sabha has 17. The party has its main base in Uttar Pradesh of Indian state, in UP the SP'>BSP has formed government several times.
Mayawati is the President of the party and has been so for many years. The deep and mutual hostility between the SP'>BSP and the Samajwadi Party – the other leading state party in Uttar Pradesh, whose support is mainly obtained from the OBC has led the SP'>BSP into allying itself many times with its erstwhile ideological enemies, the BJP. On 23 June 2008, the party withdrew support of a Congress led alliance called the United Progressive UPA in the Indian Government.
On 11 May 2007 the Uttar Pradesh state assembly election results made SP'>BSP the first single majority party since 1991. After 15 years of hung assembly, SP'>BSP won a clear majority in India’s most populated state. The SP'>BSP President Mayawati Kumari began as the new Chief Minister of UP for the fourth term.
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