Mayawati seeks Muslim support, targets rival parties for neglecting minorities

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president, Mayawati, appealed to the Muslim assemblage connected Wednesday (October 29, 2025) to unite down her enactment and wantonness the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress successful bid to decision the divisive authorities of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

She was launching an extended outreach to fortify Dalit–Muslim unity done the enactment of Muslim Bhaichara (brotherhood, solidarity) committees crossed the state. Addressing a peculiar gathering of the recently formed committee successful Lucknow, Ms. Mayawati outlined her strategy to consolidate the Bahujan base: Dalit, Muslims, different backwards, and marginalised communities, nether 1 umbrella.

“Since the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha polls and respective erstwhile contests, it has go wide that though Muslims person provided afloat broad enactment — emotionally, physically, and financially — the SP and Congress person not succeeded successful countering the BJP.

Conversely, the BSP has been capable to flooded the BJP adjacent with minimal Muslim backing, and successful 2007, it established a bulk authorities successful the state, I impulse the Muslim assemblage to widen nonstop enactment to america and fortify the Bahujan and marginalised cause” said the BSP president.

The erstwhile main curate accused some the SP and Congress of historically engaging successful authorities that was “anti-Dalit, anti-backward, and anti-Muslim,” adding that their “incorrect policies and actions” person contributed to the empowerment of the BJP successful Uttar Pradesh.

BSP works for the marginalised

Ms. Mayawati besides highlighted measures the BSP authorities took from 2007-2012 for the Muslim community, including providing information and a rules-based system. “The BJP, the SP, and the Congress are engaged successful authorities for idiosyncratic gain, portion the BSP works lone for the payment and happiness of each sections of society. It is lone the BSP, which works for the downtrodden and marginalised,” said Ms. Mayawati, adding the BSP has dedicated itself to securing justness for those who are oppressed.

“The BSP authorities liberated Uttar Pradesh from riots, exploitation, injustice, and fear, successful stark opposition to the bare promises made by different parties,” she stated.

The BSP gathering was attended by office-bearers of the Muslim Samaj Bhaichara Sangathan and different state-level bureau bearers of the party.