Claim
The Bahujan Samaj Party was broken apart (its MLAs were split away, in the context of benefiting the Samajwadi Party).
“बहुजन समाज पार्टी तोड़ी गई थी।”▶ Watch source segment
Rationale
Central assertion — the BSP was broken apart with its MLAs splitting away in the SP's favour — is factually supported on multiple occasions (37 defectors forming Lok Tantrik Bahujan Dal that merged with SP in 2003; six MLAs joining SP in 2021). No stated sub-detail is contradicted.
Evidence
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahujan_Samaj_Party Documents BSP's history of MLA defections/splits, including the 2003 breakaway to the Samajwadi Party. pending audit
- https://www.business-standard.com/article/politics/how-corruption-cases-against-mayawati-and-mulayam-vanished-113100900784_1.html Confirms BSP was split ('operation break BSP') with ~37 MLAs defecting to benefit Mulayam Singh Yadav's SP-led government in 2003. pending audit
- https://theprint.in/politics/6-bsp-mlas-1-bjp-legislator-join-samajwadi-party-ahead-of-up-assembly-polls/759262/ Shows a further split of BSP MLAs joining SP in 2021, corroborating the pattern of BSP being broken to SP's benefit. pending audit