Lucknow, Nov. 5 -- As the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fights for survival in state politics, its national president Mayawati on Thursday made it clear the party will contest the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls on the social engineering formula-a blend of Dalit and upper caste support-that enabled the party to form a majority government in the state in 2007.

The party will also aim to win the support of Gen Z to regain lost ground in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly polls, she said.

Mayawati will launch her assembly poll campaign on December 6, the death anniversary of Bhim Rao Ambedkar by addressing a rally at the Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Memorial in Lucknow.

She was addressing party leaders and office bearers in a meeting at the BSP...