Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has delivered a blistering assessment of Uttar Pradesh’s 2026-27 budget, terming it heavy on populist measures but light on true welfare initiatives. Presented amid assembly proceedings, the budget’s lofty pledges could prove futile without prompt and verifiable implementation, she cautioned.
Through a candid X post, Mayawati exposed the budget’s populist tilt, which she sees as overshadowing holistic development for all societal segments and regions. ‘Implement these announcements diligently and on schedule to prevent them from being dismissed as paperwork,’ she implored, underscoring the need for action over announcements.
She pointed to a recurring issue: budgets rarely back claims with implementation stats from the previous year, rendering speeches unreliable. This iteration, she charged, prioritizes newspaper headlines over substance, leaving citizens skeptical of promised prosperity. Permanent income sources via jobs remain elusive, demanding government focus on reservations for SCs, STs, OBCs, and expedited backlog recruitments.
Mayawati urged the BJP government to emulate BSP’s governance philosophy of universal welfare, ensuring budgets serve the masses—particularly the poor and farmers—without bias toward select groups. Such an approach would align with national interests.
Parallelly, BSP intensified its pan-India outreach via senior leaders’ meetings in Rajasthan and two other states. These forums evaluated adherence to central directives, organizational strengthening, and base expansion strategies. Attendees were motivated to forge a robust party structure like in UP, securing power to deliver Ambedkar’s constitutional guarantees, including reservations, which flourished only during BSP’s UP administrations.