Tuesday, November 20, 2012

All the Queen's men...

More and more political leaders from UP are joining Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) boss Mayawati, after inflicting damages on the Congress with her tactics of Dalit mobilisation, has now cast her malevolent eye on the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). After wooing away substantial chunks of the "saffronised" Brahman vote, Mayawati plans to hit BJP where it hurts the most – the trader or vaishya vote. In keeping with that design, Mayawati has recently brought into its fold two big Bania leaders of the state, Naresh Agrawal and Akhilesh Das. Both of them have assurances of getting party nominations when the time for election comes and it is no surprise that given the Dalit leaders’ rising graph, politicians of all hues are thronging the Chief Minister’s residence in Lucknow to get themselves allotted BSP’s coveted Elephant poll symbol.

According to BSP tacticians close to Mayawati, the leader’s aim is to grab as many seats as she can in UP – the more the better. If the BSP manages to get 50 odd seats in the Lok Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, she would be a strong contender for India’s Prime Ministership after the next general Elections.


Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.

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