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The Rajasthan Insult: Are BSP And Mayawati Sliding Into Irrelevance?
- Electoral setbacks and absence of a second line of leadership has raised questions over BSP’s future.
BSP chief Mayawati
What would the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) of Mayawati look like in 2022, when elections to the Uttar Pradesh (UP) Vidhan Sabha are due next?
Less than a decade ago, this question would have been laughed at and dismissed. Rightly so.
However, a news story that broke today brought to attention the threat of irrelevance over the BSP and, more so, over Mayawati.
All the six lawmakers of the BSP in the Rajasthan Vidhan Sabha joined the Congress today. In an assembly of 200, the Congress has 100 members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs). The BSP contingent of six was supporting the Congress from outside. After the switchover, reports say that a cabinet reshuffle is on the cards in Rajasthan.
This news was followed by a series of angry tweets by BSP chief Mayawati on Twitter. Terming the Congress as unreliable, Mayawati said that the Congress had proved itself to be opposed to the reservation of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes.
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