LUCKNOW, Oct. 17 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday urged party workers and supporters to work towards forming a government in Uttar Pradesh for the fifth time in 2027, invoking the party's 2007 victory, when its rainbow coalition of Dalits, Brahmins, Muslims and other communities helped it secure a majority. She also called on party workers to prepare for the upcoming assembly elections in Uttarakhand and Punjab.

In a post on X on Saturday morning, the former UP chief minister alleged that "casteist media" and social media platforms had begun circulating misleading and sponsored pre-election surveys to undermine the BSP and divert public attention. She claimed the party was being deliberately projected as weaker...