Four ayes and a nay for Mayawati

Drive through Uttar Pradesh, and the physical signs of a new dispensation are only too apparent. Districts, universities and hospitals have been named — or renamed, as the case may be — after Dalit icons. A riot of statuary and pink sandstone elephants dominate gigantic parks in Lucknow and NOIDA, paying homage to Dalit power. And imposing new offices of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), painted in an inky blue and white, have sprung up at district headquarters.

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