BSP chief Mayawati names former MLA Bhimrao Ambedkar BSP's nominee for Rajya Sabha elections

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday named former MLA Bhimrao Ambedkar the party’s nominee for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. The biennial elections will be held on March 23 to replace the 58 Rajya Sabha members who are set to retire later this year.

Ambedkar, a Dalit leader, is from Uttar Pradesh’s Etawah district and has been with the party since the time of its founder Kanshi



Ram.

Mayawati is believed to have said at a meeting with MLAs in Lucknow that the Congress has agreed to support BSP’s nominee in the Rajya Sabha elections. “Mayawati’s condition was that the BSP will support the Congress candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh if its MLAs supported BSP in Uttar Pradesh,” a party leader, who did not wish to be named said.