BSP at 25 - travelling the electoral road to victory

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Published: April 13, 2009, 12:39

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C.M. greets people on Ambedkar Jayanti

Lucknow : April 13, 2009

The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Ms. Mayawati has
extended her heartiest felicitations and good wishes to the
people of the State on the 118th birth anniversary of the
architect of the Indian constitution and messiah of weaker
sections and the exploited, Bharat Ratna Bodhisattva Baba
Saheb Dr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar.

In a message issued here today, the Chief Minister
said that Dr. Ambedkar strived for the cause of SC/STs,
backward, have-nots, minorities and the exploited people.
He was responsible for inclusion in the Constitution, the
provision of providing social justice and equal opportunities
to all, irrespective of their caste and creed. This society
would forever remember his contribution for the victims of
injustice and exploitation, she added.

Ms. Mayawati said that Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar wanted
to establish an egalitarian society in place of social system
based on inequality. She said that on the occasion of his
birth anniversary we should make resolve to fulfil his
dreams by following the path shown by him. It would be a
true homage to him, she added.
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State Government orders high-level inquiry
into the case of Indian Justice Party
Lok Sabha candidate’s death

A.D.G. Padman Singh rushes to
Jaunpur for inquiry
Stern action to be taken against guilty persons
Lucknow: April 13, 2009
Taking serious note of the death of Indian Justice
Party’s Lok Sabha candidate from Jaunpur under
suspicious circumstances, the State Government has
ordered a high-level inquiry into this case. Additional
Director General of Police Mr. Padman Singh, who has
rushed immediately to Jaunpur by Helicopter, will head
the inquiry.
The State Government has directed the inquiry
team to hold the inquiry in an honest and impartial
manner, so that the persons found guilty prima-facie
after inquiry could be sent behind the bars without any
delay by taking stern action.
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BSP will get all the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh: THREE BASKETS STUDY CIRCLE
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will make major gains in Uttar Pradesh, bagging all the 80 seats, while the Samajwadi Party will lose in a big way in the Lok Sabha polls, according to an opinion survey of THREE BASKETS STUDY CIRCLE.

The survey said the BSP, which won 19 Lok Sabha seats in the 2004 polls, is likely all the 80 seats in the 2009 elections as they were saying whatever they were doing.. The Samajwadi Party’s strength is likely to be reduced to 0 from the 38 it won in 2004.

It is needless to say tha the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress would also lose seats in the state.

The survey conducted among all sections of the people in the state, said BSP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati emerged as the most popular leader in the state with cent percent people in favour of her. Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav trailed with 0 percent.

Justice Party leader found hanging, blame game begins
A leader and Indian Justice Party's (IJP) Lok Sabha candidate Bahadur Sonkar was found hanging from a tree in Uttar Pradesh's Jaunpur town Monday, a death the ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) which named the Samajwadi Party.
IJP candidate murder case: BSP holds SP responsible

Lucknow, The ruling Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) today alleged the goons of the Samajwadi Party were responsible for the killing of Indian Justice Party (IJP) candidate from Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency, Bahadur Sonker.

BSP General Secretary and State Minister Babu Singh Kushwaha told mediapersons here that as per the information received from Jaunpur, the SP leaders with the fear of defeat in the election have killed the IJP candidate.

The BSP has also written a letter to the Election Commission(EC) to probe into the matter as the SP was trying all ends to defame the party and put obstacles in the poll process. The party has also asked the EC not to take cognizance of the complaints made by the SP on certain state officials.

”As BSP candidate were winning the election from Jaunpur, hence such crime has been done by the SP to defame the ruling party”, Mr Kushwaha said.

Babu Lal, a brother of the deceased IJP candidate, told UNI that he and his brother went to sleep at around midnight, but when he went to wake him up at 0400 hrs this morning he was found missing from his bed.

Surprisingly, his entire bed, including pillow and mattress were missing and were later found on the road.

”The body was recovered from about half a kilometer from the residence at Dharmidharpur locality of Line Bazar police station hanging from a babul tree,” he said.

He said Bahudur’s neck was tied with a ‘gamcha’ (towel) and was eight feet above the ground, which certainly proved that it was a murder.

Election for the Jaunpur seat is not likely to be countermanded as he was not the candidate of any national or state party recognised by the Election Commission.

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BSP at 25 - travelling the electoral road to victory

Lucknow, April 13, When it marks its 25th birthday Tuesday, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) — one of India’s youngest political parties — will have plenty to celebrate.

In a country where parties decades old are in struggle mode due to growing fragmentation of the Indian vote, the BSP has mastered the art of winning elections and scripting history.

And, with an aggressive SC/ST leader Mayawati leading it, the BSP is now in overwhelming command of Uttar Pradesh, having captured power in the country’s most populous and politically crucial state on its own in 2007, stunning its supporters and foes alike.

The unpredictable Mayawati, determined to win the maximum of the state’s 80 Lok Sabha seats, has set her eyes on the prime minister’s post although incumbent Manmohan Singh has ridiculed the ambition.

The BSP is also fighting almost all Lok Sabha seats across the country, giving sleepless nights to parties much older to it and also to political leaders more experienced than her.

Yet, when it all began, no one even remotely thought that the BSP would travel so fast — and this far.

It was on the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar April 14 that Kanshi Ram founded the BSP 25 years ago — with a mission to give the mass of Dalits a political platform he said they lacked.

He had begun as a social activist by organising the Backward and Muslim employees in the central government under an organisation he named Backward and Minority Communities Employees Federation (BAMCEF). That was in December 1978.

In three years, he roped in Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe government employees and formed the Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti, which popularly came to be known as DS-4.

The huge response he received to DS-4 from those who had always felt marginalised by upper castes, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, gave rise to his political ambitions.

Kanshi Ram then toured Uttar Pradesh extensively with a select band of supporters on bicycles, urging Dalits to unite. It was a quiet revolution that largely went unnoticed in the mainstream media then.

Once the BSP was launched April 14, 1984, there was no looking back. The BSP and Kanshi Ram were virulently anti-upper caste then.

History was made on June 2, 1995 when BSP took power in Uttar Pradesh, with the feisty Mayawati, a teacher from Delhi, becoming the chief minister.

That happened after a violent parting of ways between the BSP and Samajwadi Party, which had jointly fought the 1993 elections, held in the aftermath of the December 1992 Babri Masjid razing.

Political pundits had thought Kanshi Ram would become the chief minister. Instead, the BSP supremo chose to coronate his protege Mayawati.

Her government did not last more than four months. The BSP returned to power in Uttar Pradesh twice more with the help of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The first time, in March 1997, her government lasted only six months. The next time, in May 2002, it ruled the state for a full year.

His deteriorating health led Kanshi Ram to declare Mayawati as his political heir. Mayawati formally took over the reins of her party on Sep 15, 2003 as its national president.

Mayawati proved her mettle when she led the BSP, even in the absence of Kanshi Ram, to an unprecedented victory in Uttar Pradesh in the 2007 assembly elections.
Key politician in Prabuddha Bharath’s general election

MAYAWATI, Chief of Bahujan Samaj Party: A Sarv Jan Samaj (Entire People)-based politician known as the “Queen of the Entire People”, Mayawati, who uses only one name, has emerged as a strong political force.

Based in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, 53, will become the Prime Minister as she only says what she is doing and, since she has played an important role in gathering opposition to the government. Her party won a majority in the state election in 2007. If Mayawati does well, it could cast doubt on what economic direction a future government with her would take and further entrench caste politics nationally.

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Her style of working and her brazenness in some aspects of governance may have triggered controversies. But an undaunted Mayawati moves on, obsessively focussed on her ultimate goal - to rule India.

MAHA BODHI SOCIETY

BANGALORE

2553RD SACRED BUDDHA JAYANTHI CELEBRATIONS

3-5-2009 to 10-5-2009

Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore, is celebrating the Sacred Buddha Jayanthi since 52 years on the Veshakha Purnima day under the guidance of its founder Venerable Buddharakkhita. This year too the Buddha Jayanthi is being celebrated from 3rd to 10th May 2009.

This year’s Sacred Buddha Jayanthi has special significance for the Maha Bodhi Society, Bangalore, for following reasons:

1. Opening of Mahadvara the Great Gateway to Mahabodhi World Peace Buddha Temple donated by Shri Upasaka Rajanna

2. Foundation laying of Mahabodhi Holistic Ayurvedic Medical Centre

3. Foundation stone laying for Mahabodhi Buddha Jayanthi Open University building which will also house the Centre for Higher Learning, Mahbodhi Academy of Pali and Buddhist Studies which conducts various multi linguistic academic courses

4. Hospital Dana service in Mahabodhi Burns and Casualty centre, Victoria Hospital, Cancer Hospital, K.R.Hospital, Mysore

5. Starting of Kannada Tipitaka Publication Project

6. Foundation for the Book Centre of the Mahabodhi Buddha Vachana Trust publication

7. 7-Day Bodhi Saptaha program

8. Starting of the new Mahabodhi Guest House at Mahbodhi Centre for Service-Sevakshetra

9. Meals for devotees program.

10. Laksha Deepa Puja : Offering of one hundred thousand lights to the holy Trirathna-Buddha, Dhamma and Sangha seeking blessings of the holy Triple Gem and protection of the Buddha Sasana arakkhaka deva, protecting gods, to help restoring peace on earth and goodwill among people of different faiths, races, cultures, genders, etc.

11. Annual General Body meeting : The Jayanthi programs will conclude with the Annual General Body meeting of the maha Bodhi Society, its sisters organizations and branches and overseas Mahabodhi associate organisationd.

Bodhi Saptaha Awakenment Week

From May 3rd to May 10th, 2009

3-5-2009 Inauguration of Bodhi Saptaha 2553rd Sacred Buddha Jayanthi Celebrations

4-5-2009 Buddha Jayanthi celebration at Mahabodhi Branch Mysore and Donation of Special Buddha image brought from Thailand by Maha Bodhi Society to the Buddha Stupa built by the Mysore Mahanagara Palike near Ashoka Circle, Mysore.

5-5-2009 Hospital Dana Service at the Mahabodhi Burns and Casualty Centre, Victoria Hospital

6-5-2009 Children’s World Peace Program : Meditation, Moral instruction and discussions and painting on HOW WE CAN HELP THE WORLD.

7-5-2009 DHAMMACHARI SADHANA DAY Training program for Dhammacharis & Buddhaneddege Marali Manege ‘SC/ST Maitri’ mattu Buddha Alpasankhatarara vichara goshti. Conducting Buddhist Activities like training lay community leaders to establish Pancasila Samiti dedicated to the promotion of voluntary undertaking of five moral precepts as taught by Lord Buddha. Conducting of various social, educational and humanitarian services.

8-5-2009 Interfaith Amity, as taught by the Buddha, Buddhara Vishwa Maitri Sandesha – a cultural program

9-5-2009 SACRED BUDDHA PURNIMA DAY

Puja at Sacred Bodhi, Vishwa Maitri Stupa, Loka Shanti Buddha Vihara, undertaking of precepts, Dhamma discource, Deeksha, Public seminar, etc.

10-5-2009 Annual General Body Meeting 2009

Blessed is the birth of Buddhas;

Blessed is the enunciation of the Sacred Teaching;

Blessed is the harmony in the Sangha; and

Blessed is the spiritual pursuit of the united truth-seekers.

- Dhammapada 194

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To be able to conduct these programs in a becoming way it is estimated that a sum of over Rs. 10 lakhs will be required.

Your help is urgently needed to achieve this noble program dedicated to the happiness and well being of all mankind.

Kindly send your donations in favor of

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