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Attempt Write an essay on BSP.

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The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is a national political party in India. In terms of vote-share in the 2014 general election, it is the country's third-largest national party, even though it did not win any seats in the Lok Sabha.] It was formed mainly to represent Bahujans (literally meaning "People in majority"), referring to people from the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes (OBC), as well as religious minorities that together, according to Kanshi Ram at the time he founded the party in 1984, comprised 85 per cent of India's population but was divided into 6,000 different castes.[

Bahujan Samaj Party

AbbreviationBSPPresidentMayawati  Secretary-General

Satish Chandra Mishra

Ram Achal Rajbhar

R Sridhar

Rajya Sabha leaderSatish Chandra MishraFounderKanshi RamFounded14 April 1984 (34 years ago)Preceded byDSSSSHeadquarters12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi, India-110001NewspaperBahujan Samaj BulletinVolunteer's wingBahujan Volunteer ForceIdeologyAffirmative action 
Human rights
Social equality
Secularism
Social justice
Self respect[ ]Political positionCentre-leftColours     BlueECI StatusNational PartyAlliance

BSP-SP-RLDAlliance (On National Level)

United Progressive Alliance (In Karnataka,Madhya Pradesh, andRajasthan) (2018-present)

Punjab Democratic Alliance (in Punjab) (2018-Present)

Seats in Lok Sabha

0 / 545

[6](currently 520 members + 1 Speaker)Seats in Rajya Sabha

4 / 245

Seats in State Legislative Assembly

19 / 403

(Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly) 

8 / 100

(Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Parishad)

1 / 223

(Karnataka Legislative Assembly)

2 / 230

(Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly)

6 / 200

(Rajasthan Legislative Assembly)

2 / 90

(Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly)

1 / 81

(Jharkhand Legislative Assembly)

1 / 90

(Haryana Legislative Assembly)