The Iron Lady under siege

In the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, polling for which ended on March 3, Chief Minister Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) should have been at the top of the charts. Last November, when I spent 11 days in the western part of the State, the consensus appeared to be that, despite the high levels of corruption, the BSP could get a second bash at power, albeit with significantly reduced numbers: there didn't seem to be a better alternative on the horizon. 

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