Lucknow, March 15: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati on Wednesday paid floral tribute to party founder Kanshi Ram at a programme organized at the party office in Lucknow on his birth anniversary.

"My tributes to Shri Kanshi Ram ji, who gave strength and momentum to the self-respect movement of Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, by making deprived and exploited 'Bahujan Samaj' a political force," BSP Chief Mayawati said in a tweet while paying floral tributes to Kanshi Ram at the Party office in Lucknow. Mayawati Says BSP to Go It Alone in Assembly, 2024 Lok Sabha Elections; Calls for Return to Ballot Paper.

She further added that the BSP movement was strengthened by him on the ground, which paved way for the party to form its government in Uttar Pradesh four times. BSP Supremo Mayawati Takes Jibe at Narendra Modi, Says ‘Holy Dip in Sangam Will Not Help Wash Away Sins’.

Kanshi Ram born in 1934 was an Indian politician and social reformer who worked for the upliftment and political mobilization of the backward people.

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