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{{About|the multi-state political alliance at the national level formed during the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 elections]]|other such alliances with the same name|Mahagathbandhan (disambiguation){{!}}Mahagathbandhan}}
{{About|the multi-state political alliance at the national level formed during the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 elections]]|other such alliances with the same name|Mahagathbandhan (disambiguation){{!}}Mahagathbandhan}}
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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)|last=IANS|date=15 May 2019|work=Business Standard India|access-date=22 May 2019}}</ref> or simply the '''Gathbandhan''' (Alliance),<ref>[https://indianexpress.com/elections/up-lok-sabha-elections-gathbandhan-rld-ajit-singh-bsp-sp-5653779/ For UP gathbandhan, RLD is first off the block, SP-BSP yet to get going], The Indian Express (2 April 2019)</ref><ref name=th04142019>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sp-bsp-rld-thagbandhan-wont-cross-double-digits/article26837237.ece 'SP-BSP-RLD thagbandhan won't cross double digits'], The Hindu (14 April 2019)</ref> was an anti-[[Indian National Congress|Congress]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/opinion/mayawati-vs-congress-goes-next-level-opposition-unity-hit-anew-1962659|title=Opinion: With Typical Arrogance, Congress Dents Opposition Unity Again|website=NDTV.com|language=en|access-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|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|last=p|first=shilpa|date=11 April 2019|website=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|others=Special Correspondent|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|last=Risks|first=Control|website=Forbes|language=en|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)|Ajit Singh]]’s [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] and several other political parties, contesting in different states of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-election-2019-mayawati-should-be-pm-says-pawan-kalyan-after-poll-pact-with-bsp-she-nods/story-3ft4F47Wc22UiZaE32ZgFJ.html|title=Mayawati should be PM, says Pawan Kalyan after poll pact with BSP. She nods|date=15 March 2019|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref>
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|others=Special Correspondent|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)|Ajit Singh]]'s [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] and several other political parties, contesting in different states of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elections/lok-sabha-election-2019-mayawati-should-be-pm-says-pawan-kalyan-after-poll-pact-with-bsp-she-nods/story-3ft4F47Wc22UiZaE32ZgFJ.html|title=Mayawati should be PM, says Pawan Kalyan after poll pact with BSP. She nods|date=15 March 2019|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref>


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>{{Citation|last1=12 Apr|first1=ET Online {{!}}|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=13 April 2019|last2=2019|last3=Ist|first3=06 23 Pm}}</ref>
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 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>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/mahagathbandhan-fails-to-make-it/777358.html Mahagathbandhan fails to make it], The Tribune (24 May 2019)</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>[https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2019/06/05/mahagathbandhan-why-sp-relieved-mayawati-pulled-plug-on-alliance.html Mahagathbandhan: Why SP is relieved Mayawati pulled plug on alliance], The Week, Puja Awasthi (5 June 2019)</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 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>


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|5
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Rashtriya Lok Dal}}" |
|align=left |[[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
|align=left |[[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]
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|Uttar Pradesh
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|0
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| bgcolor=lightgreen|
| style="background-color: {{party color | Loktantra Suraksha Party}}" |
|align=left |[[Loktantra Suraksha Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/bsp-calls-off-alliance-with-inld-forges-ties-with-raj-kumar-saini-s-lsp/726500.html|title=BSP calls off alliance with INLD, forges ties with Raj Kumar Saini's LSP|last=Dikshit|first=Sandeep|date=9 February 2019|website=The Tribune|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
|align=left |[[Loktantra Suraksha Party]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/bsp-calls-off-alliance-with-inld-forges-ties-with-raj-kumar-saini-s-lsp/726500.html|title=BSP calls off alliance with INLD, forges ties with Raj Kumar Saini's LSP|last=Dikshit|first=Sandeep|date=9 February 2019|website=The Tribune|access-date=3 March 2019}}</ref>
|Haryana
|Haryana
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|0
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Punjabi Ekta Party}}"|
| style="background-color:{{party color|Punjabi Ekta Party}}"|
|align=left |[[Punjab Ekta Party]]<ref name="PDA">{{Cite news|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-democratic-alliance-announces-7-candidates-for-ls-polls/741505.html|title=PDA declare seats sharing}}</ref>
|align=left |[[Punjab Ekta Party]]<ref name="PDA">{{cite news |title=Punjab Democratic Alliance announces 7 candidates for LS polls |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/punjab/punjab-democratic-alliance-announces-7-candidates-for-ls-polls/741505.html |access-date=15 April 2022 |work=Tribune |date=11 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
|Punjab
|Punjab
| colspan="2" |3
| colspan="2" |3
|0
|0
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| bgcolor="{{party color|Lok Insaaf Party}}" |
| style="background-color: {{party color|Lok Insaaf Party}}" |
|align=left |[[Lok Insaaf Party]]<ref name="PDA" />
|align=left |[[Lok Insaaf Party]]<ref name="PDA" />
|Punjab
|Punjab
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|0
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| style="background-color: {{party color | Punjab Front}}" |
|align=left |[[Punjab Front]]<ref name="PDA" />
|align=left |[[Punjab Front]]<ref name="PDA" />
|Punjab
|Punjab
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| style="background-color: {{party color | Communist Party of India }}" |
|align=left | [[Communist Party of India]] (State level)<ref name="PDA" />
|align=left | [[Communist Party of India]] (State level)<ref name="PDA" />
| Punjab  
| Punjab  
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| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color |Revolutionary Marxist Party of India}}" |  
|align=left |[[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India]] (State level)<ref name="PDA" />
|align=left |[[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India]] (State level)<ref name="PDA" />
|Punjab
|Punjab
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|0
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| bgcolor=pink|
| style="background-color: {{party color | Janta Congress Chattisgarh}}" |
|align=left |[[Janta Congress Chhattisgarh]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businessinsider.in/lok-sabha-election-2019-bsp-candidate-list-for-chhattisgarh/amp_articleshow/68811493.cms|title=BSP to fight on all seats in chattisgarh,JCC extends support|date=10 April 2019|website= Business Insider}}</ref>
|align=left |[[Janta Congress Chhattisgarh]]<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.businessinsider.in/lok-sabha-election-2019-bsp-candidate-list-for-chhattisgarh/amp_articleshow/68811493.cms|title=BSP to fight on all seats in chattisgarh, JCC extends support|date=10 April 2019|website= Business Insider}}</ref>
|Chhattisgarh
|Chhattisgarh
| colspan="2" |0
| colspan="2" |0
|0
|0
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| bgcolor="yellow"|
| style="background-color: {{party color | Gondwana Ganatantra Party}}" |
|align=left|[[Gondwana Ganatantra Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bsp-announces-9-candidates-in-madhya-pradesh-for-lok-sabha-polls-2086639.html|title=BSP Announces 9 Candidates in Madhya Pradesh for Lok Sabha Polls|website=News18|access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref>
|align=left|[[Gondwana Ganatantra Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/bsp-announces-9-candidates-in-madhya-pradesh-for-lok-sabha-polls-2086639.html|title=BSP Announces 9 Candidates in Madhya Pradesh for Lok Sabha Polls|website=News18|access-date=7 April 2019}}</ref>
|Madhya Pradesh
|Madhya Pradesh
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| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Jana Sena Party}}"|
| rowspan="2" legend="background-color: {{party color|Jana Sena Party}}" |
| align=left rowspan="2" |[[Jana Sena Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/election-tracker-live-bsp-ties-up-with-jana-sena-for-andhra-polls-mayawati-says-want-to-see-pawan-kalyan-as-cm-2067051.html|title=Election Tracker LIVE: BSP Ties Up With Jana Sena for Andhra Polls, Maya Says Want to See Pawan Kalyan as CM|date=15 March 2019|website=News18|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>
| align=left rowspan="2" |[[Jana Sena Party]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/election-tracker-live-bsp-ties-up-with-jana-sena-for-andhra-polls-mayawati-says-want-to-see-pawan-kalyan-as-cm-2067051.html|title=Election Tracker LIVE: BSP Ties Up With Jana Sena for Andhra Polls, Maya Says Want to See Pawan Kalyan as CM|date=15 March 2019|website=News18|access-date=15 March 2019}}</ref>
|Andhra Pradesh
|Andhra Pradesh
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==Mahagathbandhan campaign==
==Mahagathbandhan campaign==
[[File:Akhilesh img 24.png|thumb|Mahagathbandhan leaders before a crucial meeting]]
[[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 | 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 web|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2019/state-editions/akhilesh--mahagathbandhan--giving-sleepless-nights-to-bjp.html|title=Akhilesh: Mahagathbandhan giving sleepless nights to BJP|last=Pioneer|first=The|website=The Pioneer|language=en|access-date=13 April 2019}}</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|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=http://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>
Mahagathbandhan held many election rallies in different Lok Sabha constituencies.<ref>{{cite web | last=Chowdhury | first=Neerja | 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|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=http://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==
==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 Time|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 web|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|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>
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 web|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|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===
===Opinion polls===
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)]]
*[[Mahagathbandhan (Bihar)]]
* [[Muslim-Yadav formula]]


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:00, 15 June 2022


This article is about the multi-state political alliance at the national level formed during the 2019 elections. For other such alliances with the same name, see Mahagathbandhan.


Mahagathbandhan
AbbreviationMGB
Founder
HeadquartersUttar Pradesh[1]
IdeologyBig tent
Factions:
Social equality[2]
Social justice[3]
Self-respect[4]
Social democracy[5]
Left-wing populism[6]
Social conservatism[7]
Communism[8]
Marxism-Leninism[9]
Seats in Lok Sabha
15 / 545

(SP - 5, BSP - 10)
Seats in Rajya Sabha
8 / 245

(SP - 5, BSP - 3)

The Mahagathbandhan (or Grand Alliance), or MGB,[10] or simply the Gathbandhan (Alliance),[11][12] was an anti-Congress,[13][14] anti-BJP,[15][16][17] Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the 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's Rashtriya Lok Dal and several other political parties, contesting in different states of India.[18]

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.[19] The coalition alliance has brought together "two arch rivals" of the past, and have been campaigning at the grassroots level.[20]

Mahagathbandhan opposed BJP's Narendra Modi in the 2019 general elections.[21] According to the Business Standard, the Mahagathbandhan attempted to compete in the 2019 election using caste vote bank arithmetic.[10] 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.[22] 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.[23]

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.[24] The alliance won the 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".[25][26] In 1991 and 1993 elections, Mulayam Singh Yadav transferred his votes to Kanshi Ram's BSP.[27][28] 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.[29]

On 1 June 1995, Mayawati accused Samajwadi party of usurping its voters and decided to end the alliance.[29] 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.[24][30] According to the Economic Times, the Samajwadi workers "hurled casteist slurs at her and threatened her."[29] 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.[24] 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.[24] 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.[31]

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.[32] In 2007, Mulayam Singh Yadav slapped corruption charges on Mayawati in the Taj corridor scam, according to The Times of India.[32] 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.[33] 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.[32] 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.[34]

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 and Phulpur constituencies.[35]

Mahagathbandhan members

Party States/UTs contested Seats
Contested Won
Bahujan Samaj Party[36] Andhra Pradesh 3 351 0
Bihar 40[37] 0
Haryana 8 0
Karnataka 28 0
Madhya Pradesh 25 0
Maharashtra 44 0
Punjab 3 0
Rajasthan 25 0
Telangana 5 0
Uttar Pradesh 38 10
Uttarakhand 4 0
Samajwadi Party[36] Madhya Pradesh 2 43 0
Maharashtra 4 0
Uttar Pradesh 37 5
Rashtriya Lok Dal Uttar Pradesh 3 0
Loktantra Suraksha Party[38] Haryana 2 0
Punjab Ekta Party[39] Punjab 3 0
Lok Insaaf Party[39] Punjab 3 0
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 Punjab Front[39] Punjab 1 0
Communist Party of India (State level)[39] Punjab 2 0
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India (State level)[39] Punjab 1 0
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 Janta Congress Chhattisgarh[40] Chhattisgarh 0 0
Gondwana Ganatantra Party[41] Madhya Pradesh 1 0
Jana Sena Party[42] Andhra Pradesh 18 23 0
Telangana 5 0
Mahagathbandhan 423 15

Mahagathbandhan campaign

Mahagathbandhan leaders before a crucial meeting

Mahagathbandhan held many election rallies in different Lok Sabha constituencies.[43][44][45][46][47] BSP's unit Bahujan Volunteer Force and SP's unit Lohia Vahini worked with cooperation during campaign.[48] BSP pledged to offer new farming model in Himachal Pradesh.[49] In Punjab, Resurgent BSP drew huge crowds in comparison to Congress.[50] Mayawati herself campaigned for Mulayam Singh Yadav, Akhilesh Yadav and Dimple Yadav[51][52][53] and herself voted for SP's cycle symbol first time in her political history.[54] BSP-LSP Alliance in Haryana created Dalit-OBC social coalition.[55] Slogans of Mahagathbandhan include Jai Bhim, Jai Bharat, Jai Lohia and Mahagathbandhan Se Mahaparivartan.[56][57] 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.[58][59]

Support to Mahagathbandhan

Mahagathbandhan has received support from Aam Aadmi Party,[60][61] Congress,[62] Akhil Bhartiya Jat Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti[63] and Jamaat-e-Islami Hind.[64]

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.[65] 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.[66][67] 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.[68] Ambit projected BJP winning just 30 to 35 seats with 34.2 percent vote share and Mahagathbandhan getting 45 percent votes in UP.[69] Om Prakash Rajbhar claimed BJP would get less seats than BSP-SP-RLD combine.[70]

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.[71]

Views on other parties

In May 2019, Mayawati of the Mahagathbandhan accused BJP and Congress of being anti-dalit and anti-OBC.[72]

See also

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