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{{short description|Political alliance in the 2019 Indian general election}}
{{About|the political alliance in Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] formed during the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 elections]]|other such alliances with the same name|Mahagathbandhan (disambiguation){{!}}Mahagathbandhan}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2023}}
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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name = Mahagathbandhan
|abbreviation = MGB
|founder = *[[Mayawati]] {{small|([[Bahujan Samaj Party]])}}
*[[Akhilesh Yadav]] {{small|([[Samajwadi Party]])}}
|logo = [[File:Saathi Logo.jpeg|250px]]

|colorcode = {{party color|Mahagathbandhan}}
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|headquarters = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Locked in a contest with Mahagathbandhan, BJP edgy in western UP |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/locked-in-a-contest-with-mahagathbandhan-bjp-edgy-in-western-up/article26797745.ece |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=Business Line |date=10 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|ideology ={{Nowrap|[[Big tent]] '''Factions:''' [[Social equality]]<ref>{{cite news |work=Deccan Herald|title=BSP stands for social equality |date=11 February 2008 |url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb122008/district2008021151743.asp |access-date=13 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314114540/http://archive.deccanherald.com/DeccanHerald.com/Content/Feb122008/district2008021151743.asp |archive-date=14 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Social justice]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Cong damaged cause of social justice: Mayawati |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 April 2009 |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/cong-damaged-cause-of-social-justice-mayawati/story-4brhIxzP1pQeE3FJlOC7KP.html |access-date=4 June 2016}}</ref> [[Self-Respect Movement|Self-respect]]<ref>{{cite news |title=A Chamar will be my successor: Mayawati |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/a-chamar-will-be-my-successor-mayawati/article3097137.ece |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=28 August 2006 |language=en-IN}}</ref> [[Social democracy]]<ref>{{cite book|title=India at the Polls: Parliamentary Elections in the Federal Phase|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bnAlnDZ2KcYC&q=India+at+the+Polls|page=78|publisher=Orient Blackswan|year=2003|first1=Mahendra Prasad|last1=Singh|first2=Rekha|last2=Saxena|isbn=978-8-125-02328-9}}</ref> [[Left-wing populism]]<ref>{{cite news|date=14 January 2017|title=Mulayam's son Prateek Yadav attracts eye balls during ride in Rs 5 crore Lamborghini|url=https://zeenews.india.com/uttar-pradesh/mulayams-son-prateek-yadav-attracts-eye-balls-during-ride-in-rs-5-crore-lamborghini_1967175.html|agency=ANI|work=[[Zee News]]|access-date=15 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526221305/https://zeenews.india.com/uttar-pradesh/mulayams-son-prateek-yadav-attracts-eye-balls-during-ride-in-rs-5-crore-lamborghini_1967175.html|archive-date=26 May 2022}}</ref> [[Social conservatism]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Vij |first1=Shivam |title=Which political party has most clearly and consistently opposed women's rights? |url=https://scroll.in/article/666351/which-political-party-has-most-clearly-and-consistently-opposed-womens-rights |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=Scroll.in |date=5 June 2014}}</ref> [[Communism]]<ref name="Leninism">{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarty |first1=Bidyut |date= 2014|title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|page= 314 |isbn=978-0-199-97489-4 }}</ref> [[Marxism-Leninism]]<ref name="auto2">{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/a/communistparty.in/cpi/brief-history-of-cpi|title=Brief History of CPI - CPI|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151209001241/https://sites.google.com/a/communistparty.in/cpi/brief-history-of-cpi|archive-date=9 December 2015|url-status = live}}</ref>}}
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The '''Mahagathbandhan''' (or Grand Alliance), or '''MGB''',<ref name="IANS">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/bjp-has-numbers-to-crack-mgb-s-caste-code-in-up-s-final-round-ians-special-119051500390_1.html|title=BJP has numbers to crack MGB's caste code in UP's final round (IANS Special) |date=15 May 2019 |agency=IANS |work=Business Standard India |access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref> or simply the '''Gathbandhan''' (Alliance),<ref>{{cite news |last1=Verma |first1=Lalmani |title=For UP gathbandhan, RLD is first off the block, SP-BSP yet to get going |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/up-lok-sabha-elections-gathbandhan-rld-ajit-singh-bsp-sp-5653779/ |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=2 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=th04142019>{{cite news |title='SP-BSP-RLD thagbandhan won't cross double digits' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sp-bsp-rld-thagbandhan-wont-cross-double-digits/article26837237.ece |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=14 April 2019 |agency=PTI}}</ref> was an anti-[[Indian National Congress|Congress]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chaturvedi |first1=Swati |title=Opinion: With Typical Arrogance, Congress Dents Opposition Unity Again |url=https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/mayawati-vs-congress-goes-next-level-opposition-unity-hit-anew-1962659 |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=NDTV |date=1 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=P|first=Shilpa|date=11 April 2019|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/110419/we-can-become-kingmakers-bsp-chief-mayawati-eggs-on-party-workers.html|title=We can become kingmakers: BSP chief Mayawati eggs on party workers|work=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> anti-[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/bsp-will-play-a-role-in-balance-of-power-at-centre-mayawati/article26799236.ece|title=BSP will play a role in 'balance of power' at Centre: Mayawati|date=10 April 2019|work=The Hindu|access-date=13 April 2019|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/080519/since-mahagathbandhan-was-formed-bjp-lost-sleep-mayawati.html|title=Since mahagathbandhan was formed, BJP lost sleep: Mayawati|date=8 May 2019|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/riskmap/2019/05/17/india-elections-what-to-expect-under-modi-2-0/|title=India Elections: What To Expect Under Modi 2.0|date=17 May 2019|website=Forbes|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 general election]] under the leadership of two former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, [[Akhilesh Yadav]] of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and [[Mayawati]] of the [[Bahujan Samaj Party]], along with [[Ajit Singh (politician, born 1939)|Ajit Singh]]'s [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]].

The Mahagathbandhan left 2 seats in Uttar Pradesh for Congress president [[Rahul Gandhi]] and his mother [[Sonia Gandhi]] to run in and Mayawati declared its support for the two.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-mahagathbandhan-vote-will-go-to-congress-in-amethi-rae-bareli-maya/story-RV9SnvIaVoEeaOFaCVpNjL.html|title=Lok Sabha elections 2019: Mahagathbandhan vote will go to Congress in Amethi, Rae Bareli: Mayawati|date=6 May 2019|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> The coalition alliance has brought together "two arch rivals" of the past, and have been campaigning at the grassroots level.<ref>{{cite news |title=SP-BSP Gathbandhan: How effective is the alliance? |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sp-bsp-gathbandhan-how-effective-is-the-alliance/videoshow/68852110.cms |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=The Economic Times |date=12 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

Mahagathbandhan opposed BJP's [[Narendra Modi]] in the 2019 general elections.<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/view-mahagathbandhan-standing-like-a-wall-between-modi-and-his-second-term/articleshow/69341139.cms|title= Mahagathbandhan standing like a wall between Modi and his second term|date=15 May 2019|work=The Economic Times|access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref> According to the ''Business Standard'', the Mahagathbandhan attempted to compete in the 2019 election using caste [[Votebank|vote bank]] arithmetic.<ref name="IANS"/> The Mahagathbandhan alliance was projected as a "bulwark against a second term for BJP", but found little support among the voters and was "virtually swept away", according to ''The Tribune India''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Naim |first1=Shahira |title=Mahagathbandhan fails to make it |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/mahagathbandhan-fails-to-make-it-777358 |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=Tribune |date=24 May 2019 |language=en}}</ref> In June 2019, Mayawati blamed the general elections defeat of the alliance on the weakness within the Samajwadi party, its failure to consolidate the backward caste votes. Mayawati ended the alliance. The Samajwadi Party confirmed the "undoing of the Mahagathbandhan", according to ''The Week''.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Awasthi |first1=Puja |title=Mahagathbandhan: Why SP is relieved Mayawati pulled plug on alliance |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/06/05/mahagathbandhan-why-sp-relieved-mayawati-pulled-plug-on-alliance.html |access-date=15 April 2022 |magazine=The Week |date=5 June 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

==Background==
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) are the two largest parties in the 2019 ''Mahagathbandhan''. [[Kanshi Ram]] and [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] formed an alliance in the early 1990s, when they formed a coalition government in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]], with Mulayam Singh Yadav as the state's chief minister.<ref name=ie04282019>[https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/mayawati-akhilesh-yadav-sp-bsp-alliance-guest-house-attack-5540258/ The story of the Guest House], Ravish Tiwari, The Indian Express (28 April 2019)</ref> The alliance won the [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993 assembly elections]] against BJP. They used the slogan ''Mile Mulayam, Kanshi Ram, Hava mein ud gaye Jai Shri Ram'' in the wake of the [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] movement, with the slogan meaning "Mulayam & Kanshiram Come Together, Jai Shri Ram Vanishes".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/slogans-that-have-changed-electoral-battles/articleshow/68540950.cms|title=Slogans that have changed electoral battles|last=Seetharaman|first=G.|date=23 March 2019|work=The Economic Times|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/witness-to-historic-sp-bsp-union-in-1993-this-sp-leader-hopes-for-a-longer-inning-this-time/articleshow/68757475.cms|title=Lok Sabha elections in UP: Witness to historic SP-BSP union in 1993, this SP leader hopes for a longer inning this time |website=The Times of India|date=7 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> In 1991 and 1993 elections, Mulayam Singh Yadav transferred his votes to Kanshi Ram's BSP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/etawah-where-gathbandhan-clicked-in-1991/articleshow/69078012.cms|title=Etawah, where 'gathbandhan' clicked in 1991 |website=The Times of India|date=28 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/from-mulayam-kanshi-ram-to-maya-akhilesh-how-sp-bsp-joined-hands-to-halt-bjp-juggernaut-2000057.html|title=From Mulayam-Kanshi Ram to Maya-Akhilesh, How SP-BSP Joined Hands to Halt BJP Juggernaut|website=News18|date=12 January 2019 |access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> In undivided UP, BSP contested 164 seats and won 67 while SP contested 256 seats and won 109 in the house of 425 resulting in coalition government formed with Congress's support from the outside.<ref name=et05122019>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/maya-mulayam-dosti-dushmani-and-dosti-again/articleshow/68952755.cms|title=Maya-Mulayam: Dosti, dushmani and dosti again|date=19 April 2019|work=The Economic Times|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref>

On 1 June 1995, Mayawati accused Samajwadi party of usurping its voters and decided to end the alliance.<ref name=et05122019/> The Samajwadi leadership learned that the Bahujan Samaj Party had decided to end the alliance. On 2 June 1995, states the ''[[Indian Express]]'', Samajwadi Party's leaders decided to raid BSP, create a breakaway group in the BSP, bring the breakaway group into the SP to keep power. These leaders, along with grassroots level workers of the Samajwadi Party, then went to the Bahujan Samaj Party guest house where a meeting was in progress. There, they surrounded the premises and began a rampage armed with weapons.<ref name=ie04282019/><ref name=ti04192019>[https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/despite-1995-guest-house-episode-this-alliance-for-sake-of-country-says-mayawati/cid/1689047 Despite 1995 guest house episode, this alliance for sake of country, says Mayawati], The Telegraph (19 April 2019)</ref> According to the ''[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]]'', the Samajwadi workers "hurled casteist slurs at her and threatened her."<ref name=et05122019/> The SP group is alleged to have beaten up the BSP representatives and workers with ''lathis'' (wooden rods), held them against their will, and had sought to beat up Mayawati. A Bharatiya Janata Party leader named [[Brahm Dutt Dwivedi]], states ''The Indian Express'', present at the site, protected Mayawati from a physical assault from the rampaging Samajwadi Party team.<ref name=ie04282019/> This event, called the "Guest House Episode" in regional political history, led to a nearly two-decade split and bitter confrontation between the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party.<ref name=ie04282019/> After the fall of the government, BJP offered support to BSP to form the government. The journalist Subhash Mishra alleges that the BJP extended its support to the BSP in 1995 to divide the Dalit, Other Backward Castes and Muslim vote banks of SP and BSP.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/will-sp-bsp-join-hands-against-bjp-which-split-them-in-1995/articleshow/58213487.cms|title=Mayawati: Will SP, BSP join hands against BJP which split them in 1995?|website=The Times of India|date=17 April 2017 |language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref>

Both SP and BSP have alternatively held power and accused the other of corruption since 1995. In 2003, for example, Mayawati alleged corruption by Samajwadi Party leadership. Her government filed 136 charges against Mulayam Singh Yadav for misusing the state's discretionary fund.<ref name=toi04192019a/> In 2007, Mulayam Singh Yadav slapped corruption charges on Mayawati in the Taj corridor scam, according to ''[[The Times of India]]''.<ref name=toi04192019a/> In 2009, while Mayawati was in power, her BSP party workers were accused by the opposition for framing them, burning their house, and of physical assault.<ref name=toi07162009>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Barbaric-way-of-taming-opposition/articleshow/4787230.cms Barbaric way of taming the opposition], The Times of India (16 July 2009)</ref> In 2012, the Samajwadi Party won the state assembly elections, and after the election results were announced, its workers physically assaulted the Bahujan Samaj Party leaders.<ref name=toi04192019a>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/guest-house-episode-of-1995-that-soured-sp-bsp-relations/articleshow/68961777.cms Guest house episode of 1995 that soured SP-BSP relations], TNN, The Times of India (19 April 2019)</ref> In 2013, Mayawati termed the Samajwadi-led government as "mafias, goondas and criminals" running the show, demanding the central Congress-led government to intervene in the law and order situation in the state.<ref>[https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/mafias-criminals-ruling-up-mayawati-25393.html Mafias, criminals ruling UP: Mayawati], Press Trust of India, India TV (22 July 2013)</ref>

During a series of by-elections in March 2018, Mayawati ordered BSP voters to transfer their votes to Samajwadi Party candidates. The journalist Piyush Srivastava states that this defeated the BJP candidates in the [[Gorakhpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gorakhpur]] and [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]] constituencies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/votes-transferred-maya-stands-tall/cid/1338665|title=Votes transferred, Maya stands tall|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref>

==Mahagathbandhan members==
{| class="wikitable" width="60%"
! colspan="3" |Party
!Symbol
!Leader(s)
!Seats contested<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/sp-bsp-announce-tie-up-for-lok-sabha-polls-to-contest-38-seats-each-in-up/articleshow/67499467.cms|title=SP, BSP announce tie-up for Lok Sabha polls, to contest 38 seats each in UP – Times of India ►|website=The Times of India|date=12 January 2019 |access-date=12 January 2019}}</ref>
|-
| {{party color cell|Bahujan Samaj Party}}
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|style="text-align:center"|BSP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png|50x50px|centre]]
|[[Mayawati]]
|style="text-align:center"|16
|-
| {{party color cell|Samajwadi Party}}
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|style="text-align:center"|SP
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|50px|center]]
|[[Akhilesh Yadav]]
|style="text-align:center"|59
|-
| {{party color cell|Rashtriya Lok Dal}}
|[[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
|style="text-align:center"|RLD
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Hand Pump.png|50px|centre]]
|[[Ajit Singh (politician, born 1939)|Chaudhary Ajit Singh]]
|style="text-align:center"| 3
|-
|}

==Mahagathbandhan campaign==
[[File:Akhilesh img 24.png|thumb|Mahagathbandhan leaders before a crucial meeting]]
Mahagathbandhan held many election rallies in different Lok Sabha constituencies.<ref>{{cite web | last=Chowdhury | first=Neerja | author-link=Neerja Chowdhury | title=A changed Uttar Pradesh | website=The Tribune | date=12 April 2019 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/a-changed-uttar-pradesh/756993.html | access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/akhilesh-mahagathbandhan-pilibhit-alliance-mahamilavat-modi-lok-sabha-elections-5673392/|title=Mahagathbandhan of poor, deprived will bring acche din: Akhilesh Yadav|date=13 April 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/elections/my-vote-daily-dispatch-akhilesh-yadav-mayawati-meerut-namami-gange-congress-song-bjp-tv-show|title=Daily Dispatch: Will SP-BSP-RLD Mahagathbandhan Defeat the BJP?|date=7 April 2019|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Akhilesh: Mahagathbandhan giving sleepless nights to BJP |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/akhilesh--mahagathbandhan--giving-sleepless-nights-to-bjp.html |access-date=15 June 2022 |work=The Pioneer |date=11 April 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=At first UP mahagathbandhan rally, Muslims, Jats, Dalits share seats, set allies on their way | website=ThePrint | date=7 April 2019 | url=https://theprint.in/politics/at-first-up-mahagathbandhan-rally-muslims-jats-dalits-share-seats-set-allies-on-their-way/218211/ | access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> BSP's unit [[Bahujan Volunteer Force]] and SP's unit Lohia Vahini worked with cooperation during campaign.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/more-about-optics-at-mainpuri-rally-as-cadres-of-bsp-sp-mirror-bonhomie-of-leaders-119041900805_1.html|title=More about optics at Mainpuri rally as cadres of BSP, SP mirror bonhomie of leaders|agency=Press Trust of India|date=19 April 2019|work=Business Standard India|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> BSP pledged to offer new farming model in Himachal Pradesh.<ref>{{cite web | title=BSP candidate from Kangra seat won't take it lying down | website=Tribuneindia News Service | date=8 May 2019 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/himachal/bsp-candidate-from-kangra-seat-won-t-take-it-lying-down/769587.html | access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> In Punjab, resurgent BSP drew huge crowds in comparison to Congress.<ref>{{cite web | title=Resurgent BSP could spell trouble for Cong | website=The Tribune | date=8 May 2019 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/resurgent-bsp-could-spell-trouble-for-cong/769709.html | access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> Mayawati herself campaigned for [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]], [[Akhilesh Yadav]] and [[Dimple Yadav]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/elections/after-24-years-mayawati-shares-stage-with-mulayam-singh-yadav/article26889701.ece|title=Mayawati campaigns for Mulayam, preaches unity to cadre|last=Jigeesh|first=A. M.|website=The Hindu Business Line|date=19 April 2019 |language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/modi-not-obc-by-birth-says-mayawati/cid/1690332|title=Modi not OBC by birth, says Mayawati|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/kannauj-dimple-yadav-touches-mayawati-211615611.html|title=Kannauj: Dimple Yadav touches Mayawati's feet, she seeks votes for 'bahu'|website=in.news.yahoo.com|language=en-IN|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> and herself voted for SP's cycle symbol first time in her political history.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/mayawatis-lucknow-conundrum-will-bsp-chief-finally-break-tradition-she-held-on-to-for-over-two-decades/1569255/|title=Mayawati's Lucknow conundrum: Will BSP chief finally break tradition she held on to for over two decades?|date=6 May 2019|website=The Financial Express|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> BSP-LSP Alliance in Haryana created Dalit-OBC social coalition.<ref>{{cite web | title=The Haryana leader who's uniting anti-Jat forces and could hurt BJP & Congress | website=ThePrint | date=29 April 2019 | url=https://theprint.in/politics/the-haryana-leader-whos-uniting-anti-jat-forces-and-could-hurt-bjp-congress/227850/ | access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> Slogans of Mahagathbandhan include ''Jai Bhim, Jai Bharat, Jai Lohia'' and ''Mahagathbandhan Se Mahaparivartan''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/mayawati-adds-jai-lohia-bsp-slogan-kannauj-rally-1510323-2019-04-26|title=Mayawati adds Jai Lohia to BSP slogan at Kannauj rally|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/akhilesh-yadav-tweets-alliance-logo-made-by-supporter-5634891/|title=Akhilesh tweets alliance 'logo' made by supporter|date=20 March 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> [[University of Oxford]]'s [[Oxford Internet Institute]] conducted study which stated that Mahagathbandhan shared least junk news while BJP and Congress shared large amount of ''divisive and conspiratorial content'' on social media in 2019 elections.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/bjp-congress-share-more-junk-news-on-whatsapp-than-bsp-sp-says-oxford-study-5726345/|title=BJP, Congress share more 'junk news' on WhatsApp than BSP-SP, says Oxford study|date=14 May 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/may/14/sp-bsp-social-media-content-least-sensational-oxford-study-1976619.html|title=Samajwadi Party, BSP social media content least sensational: Oxford study|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref>

==Support to Mahagathbandhan==
Mahagathbandhan has received support from [[Aam Aadmi Party]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019-aam-aadmi-party-to-support-sp-bsp-alliance-in-2019-polls/story-xjLXQGDvXFBBQWJF9LpiCM.html|title=Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Aam Aadmi Party to support SP-BSP alliance in 2019 polls|date=16 March 2019|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.asianage.com/india/politics/250419/will-do-everything-to-stop-modi-shah-duo-kejriwal.html|title=Support 'secular mahagathbandhan', stop Modi-Shah duo: Kejriwal|date=25 April 2019|website=The Asian Age|access-date=27 April 2019}}</ref> Congress,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/elections/rahul-gandhi-mahagathbandhan-sp-bsp-alliance-uttar-pradesh|title='Will Help Mahagathbandhan Where We Can't Win in UP': Rahul Gandhi|date=2 May 2019|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> Akhil Bhartiya Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/jat-outfit-to-back-sp-bsp-on-23-ls-seats-cong-on-2/articleshow/68769296.cms|title=Jat outfit to back SP-BSP on 23 Lok Sabha seats, Congress on two - Times of India|website=The Times of India|date=8 April 2019 |access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> and [[Jamaat-e-Islami Hind]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Jamaat-e-Islaami Hind asks Muslims to support 'secular parties' in UP |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/jamaat-e-islami-hind-asks-muslims-to-support-secular-parties-in-up/articleshow/68819911.cms |access-date=4 September 2019 |work=Times of India |date=10 April 2019}}</ref>

===Opinion polls===
In a survey conducted by the India Today group, the Mahagathbandhan was expected to have considerable success in the 2019 elections, being projected to win 58 seats in total.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/story/mood-of-the-nation-bjp-down-sp-bsp-up-uttar-pradesh-lok-sabha-election-1437607-2019-01-23|title=Without Congress, SP-BSP will bring BJP+ down to 18 seats in Uttar Pradesh: Mood of the Nation poll|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=23 January 2019}}</ref> According to a News Nation's opinion poll, the SP-BSP alliance was "likely to win 41 to 42 seats" in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP-AD alliance was likely to win 37 seats, and the Congress winning only 1 seat.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsnation.in/election/lok-sabha-election-2019/uttar-pradesh-opinion-poll-mahagathbandhan-may-give-tough-fight-to-nda-likely-to-win-41-seats-article-219904.html|title=Uttar Pradesh Opinion Poll: 'Mahagathbandhan' may give tough fight to NDA, likely to win 41 seats- News Nation|date=8 April 2019|website=News Nation|language=en|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsnation.in/photos/lok-sabha-elections/up-opinion-poll-in-a-jolt-to-bjp-sp-bsp-rld-mahagathbandhan-may-sweep-hindi-heartland-state-2-3238/slide1|title=UP: BJP vs Mahagathbandhan - who will win Hindi heartland state?- News Nation|website=News Nation|date=31 March 2019 |language=en|access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref> According to India TV-CNX opinion poll, the BJP-AD alliance was likely to win 41 seats, the BSP-SP-RLD alliance likely to win 35, while 4 seats were likely for the Congress.<ref>[https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/crossing-272-tough-task-for-bjp-opinion-polls-suggest-722538.html Crossing 272: Tough task for BJP, opinion polls suggest], The Deccan Herald (10 March 2019)</ref> Ambit projected BJP winning just 30 to 35 seats with 34.2 per cent vote share and Mahagathbandhan getting 45 per cent votes in UP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/elections/bjp-seat-share-predictions-for-lok-sabha-elections-2019-by-ambit-report|title=BJP to Get 30-35 Seats in UP, 190-210 Nationally: Brokerage Firm|date=9 May 2019|website=The Quint|language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref> [[Om Prakash Rajbhar]] claimed BJP would get less seats than BSP-SP-RLD combined.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/om-prakash-rajbhar-resigns-minister-uttar-pradesh-elections-sp-bsp-5713579/|title=Om Prakash Rajbhar resigns as UP minister, says SP-BSP alliance will win more seats than BJP|date=6 May 2019|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref>

However, in the election, the Mahagathbandhan performed much more poorly than those projections securing 15 seats of 80, while the BJP performed much better securing 62 of the 80 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/lok-sabha-elections-2019/uttar-pradesh/news/akhilesh-and-maywati-will-the-mahagathbandhan-survive-till-2022/articleshow/69463768.cms|title=Akhilesh and Maywati: Will the Mahagathban survive till 2022?|date=23 May 2019|website=The Times of India|language=en-IN|access-date=24 May 2019}}</ref>

==Views on other parties==
In May 2019, Mayawati of the Mahagathbandhan accused BJP and Congress of being anti-Dalit and anti-OBC.<ref>{{cite web | title=Cong, BJP anti-Dalit, anti-OBC: Mayawati | website=The Tribune | date=2 May 2019 | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/cong-bjp-anti-dalit-anti-obc-mayawati/766762.html | access-date=18 May 2019}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)]]

==References==
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