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Bahujan Samaj Party +
AbbreviationBSP+
LeaderMayawati
Lok Sabha leaderKunwar Danish Ali
Rajya Sabha leaderRamji Gautam
FounderMayawati
Founded2023
IdeologyMajority

Social equality[1]
Social justice[2] Faction Punjabiyat[3][4][5][6]
Punjabi nationalism[7][8]
Conservatism[9][10]
Federalism[11][12]

Regionalism
Political positionCentre
Alliance3 Parties
Seats in Lok Sabha
11 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
1 / 245
Seats in State Legislative Assemblies
11 / 4,036
Seats in State Legislative Councils
1 / 423
Number of states and union territories in government
0 / 31

The Bahujan Samaj Party + (BSP+) is a centrist political alliance lead by national party Bahujan Samaj Party which constists of parties which are neither a member of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance nor of National Democratic Alliance to give a third alternative choice to voters in 2024 Indian general election other than Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance which was formed by the merger of United Progressive Alliance, Left Front and several other regional alliances and parties and National Democratic Alliance. Bahujan Samaj Party leader Mayawati announced that her party will contest the election on its own strength in most states and ally with other non-BJP, non-Congress parties in Punjab and Haryana.[13][14]

Members[edit]

Party Symbol Leader States/UTs Seats
Won Lost Contested
Bahujan Samaj Party Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Mayawati National party
Shiromani Akali Dal Shiromani Akali Dal symbol.svg Sukhbir Singh Badal Punjab
Indian National Lok Dal INLD party symbol Abhay Singh Chautala Haryana

References[edit]

  1. "BSP stands for social equality". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 14 March 2016. Retrieved 2016-03-13.
  2. "Cong damaged cause of social justice: Mayawati". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 2016-06-04.
  3. Narang, Amarjit Singh. "The Shiromani Akali Dal". The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies. doi:10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199699308.013.020. ISBN 978-0-19-969930-8.
  4. Kumar, Ashutosh. "Electoral Politics in Punjab: Study of Akali Dal". Economic and Political Weekly. 39 (14/15): 1515–1520. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4414869.
  5. "'Any history of SAD has to be critical of Badals'". The Tribune India. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  6. I P Singh. ""Panth in danger" – Badal's politics shifts back from Chandigarh to Amritsar". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
  7. "SAD aims to widen reach, to contest UP poll". The Tribune. Chandigarh. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  8. Pandher, Sarabjit (3 September 2013). "In post-Independence India, the SAD launched the Punjabi Suba morcha in the 1960s, seeking the re-organisation of Punjab on linguistic basis". The Hindu. Retrieved 15 September 2015.
  9. Grover, Verinder (1996). Encyclopaedia of India and Her States: Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Punjab, Volume 4. Deep & Deep. p. 578.
  10. "Akali Dal Slams Amritpal Singh Crackdown, Offers Help To Those Arrested". NDTV. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  11. "Parkash Singh Badal calls for 'genuinely federal structure' for country". The Economic Times. 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  12. Bharti, Vishav (2019-08-06). "Article 370: SAD 'dumps' its core ideology of federalism". The Tribune. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
  13. "NDA or I.N.D.I.A? BSP chief Mayawati on joining alliance for 2024". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2023-07-23.
  14. "BJP, SAD rule out re-alliance for 2024 Lok Sabha polls". Retrieved 2023-07-23.