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Bahujan Samaj Party

Furthest from the middle on Recognition, toward Group remedies.

Where they stand

Bahujan Samaj Party on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.

  • Welfare

    −3.0
    Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision
  • State-led developmentMarket-led development
  • Formal equalityGroup remedies
  • Nation

    −1.0
    PluralistMajoritarian
  • Civil libertiesStrong state
  • Culture

    −2.0
    Personal autonomyTraditional norms
  • CentreStates

The record, axis by axis

Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.

  1. Welfare

    −3.0
    Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provision

    Placement confidencelow

    Representation before redistribution: SC sub-plan spending and dignity infrastructure rather than cash schemes, on fiscally orthodox budgets

  2. State-led developmentMarket-led development

    Placement confidencelow

    The Dalit-entrepreneurship push and an investment-courting 2007-12 government, including large-scale acquisition for the Yamuna Expressway

  3. Formal equalityGroup remedies

    Placement confidencehigh

    Mayawati's 1995 promotion-quota order drove the 85th Amendment; the party demands private-sector reservation, caste census, cap removal and sub-categorisation

  4. Nation

    −1.0
    PluralistMajoritarian

    Placement confidencelow

    Ambedkarite secularism in doctrine, three BJP alliances in practice, and parliamentary support for the Article 370 abrogation

  5. Civil libertiesStrong state

    Placement confidencelow

    Used NSA and the UP Goonda Act freely in office; opposes dilution of the SC/ST Act but takes no general civil-liberties position

  6. Culture

    −2.0
    Personal autonomyTraditional norms

    Placement confidencelow

    Ambedkarite rationalism and anti-endogamy in principle, with no stated position on LGBTQ rights or personal autonomy

  7. CentreStates

    Placement confidencelow

    Backed central moves including Article 370; its standing demand is to split UP into four states, which is not a Centre-state power claim

And where do you stand?

Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.

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