LUCKNOW, Nov. 17 -- Questioning the fairness of the recently-held Bihar assembly elections, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Sunday claimed that her party would otherwise have won many more seats.

In a post on X, she alleged that under the pretext of repeated vote counting, the local administration and opposition parties "united to make every possible effort" to defeat the BSP candidate, but the "conspiracy" did not succeed because party workers stood firm throughout.

Mayawati congratulated BSP supporters for ensuring the victory of party candidate Satish Kumar Singh Yadav from the Ramgarh assembly seat (No. 203) in Bihar's Kaimur district. In a close contest, Yadav defeated BJP candidate Ashok Kumar Singh by a margin of ...