Overview
- In a review meeting Tuesday in Lucknow, Mayawati assessed committees from the state level down to polling booths and set deadlines to complete the rebuild.
- She said candidate selection is underway and vowed the BSP will not give tickets to people with criminal backgrounds, warning leaders against lobbying for such names.
- Planning now reflects an Election Commission change that increased Uttar Pradesh polling stations to 177,516 with roughly 1,200 voters per station, which raises the number of booth teams the party must form.
- National convenor Akash Anand will travel across all 75 districts to mobilize young voters and will begin district meetings once booth committees are in place.
- Mayawati criticized the central and state governments for weakening reservation for SC, ST and OBC groups and for rising prices that strain poor and working families, signaling campaign themes on rights and costs of living.