Mayawati's bitter-sweet offer

Political pundits will marvel at Mayawati’s grand strategy. Uttar Pradesh goes to the polls next year. Her 22 per cent or so Dalit vote bank is secure, but she needs around 36 per cent votes to return to power. She could do that with the aid of “like-minded” parties but she knows how fickle that support can be; and you never know what they may demand in return. And if her Bahujan Samaj Party does well in Uttar Pradesh in the 2014 general elections, she could play a role in the power politics of New Delhi.

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