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After quitting BJP, Congress, former MP Savitri Bai Phule forms new party

While Phule was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014 on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, she joined the Congress before the 2019 general elections and was nominated to contest from Bahraich

Savitri Bai Phule
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Savitri Bai Phule

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Another BSP! 
 
Savitri Bai Phule (pictured), former Member of Parliament (MP) who recently quit the Congress, has floated a party called the “Kanshiram Bahujan Samaj Party”. Stating that the new outfit will work towards realising the vision of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder, the late Kanshiram, Phule said her pan-Indian campaign for “saving democracy” had received an overwhelming response, which prompted her to float a new political platform. While Phule was elected to the Lok Sabha in 2014 on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket, she joined the Congress before the 2019 general elections and was nominated to contest from