The Bahujan Samaj Party (बहुजन समाज पार्टी) is a national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Bahujans(BC,SC,ST & Minorities), who are thought by some to be at the bottom of the Indian caste system, and claims to be inspired by the philosophy of Ambedkar. The BSP was founded by the high-profile charismatic leader Kanshi Ram in 1984. The party's political symbol is an elephant. In the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004) it had 14 (out of 545) members and currently in the 14th Lok Sabha has 19. The party has its main base in Uttar Pradesh of Indian state, in UP the BSP has formed government several times. Mayawati is the President of the party and has been so for many years. The deep and mutual hostility between the BSP and the Samajwadi Party - the other leading state party in Uttar Pradesh, whose support is mainly obtained from the OBC has led the BSP into allying itself many times with its erstwhile ideological enemies, the BJP. Currently the party supports a Congress led alliance called the United Progressive UPA in the Indian Government.blank">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/678256.cms

On 11th May 2007 _the state assembly election results made BSP the single majority party since 1991. After 15 years of hung assembly, BSP has won a clear majority in India's most populated state UP. The election results ended the coalition government era in UP by BSP being the single largest party with 206 seats out of 403 seats in the state assembly.. The BSP President begins as the new Chief Minister of UP for the fourth term. She took oath of chief minister along with 50 ministers (cabinet and state rank) on 13th May 2007 at 1:00 PM at Rajbhawan in the state capital Lucknow.

Organizations associated with BSP

BSSF-Bahujan Samaj Students Forum(student wing)