Mayawati gear up for the 2017 UP polls,Uttar Pradesh assembly polls 2017, Mayawati,SP,BSP,BJP,Congress,Assembly elections 2017
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Mayawati gear up for the 2017 UP polls,Uttar Pradesh assembly polls 2017, Mayawati,SP,BSP,BJP,Congress,Assembly elections 2017
Elections in five States are over, and now all eyes are on Uttar Pradesh. Prashant Kishor is trying to unite the Congress on the ground level. The BJP has also started its campaign with PM Narendra Modi’s rally at Saharanpur on May 26. The Samajwadi Party is also in action mode after releasing its candidate list.
Seeing all these developments, people are saying that Mayawati is far behind in preparations for the elections, which is surprising because usually she would have been the first one to start the planning. Leaders of her party claim that this time she has come up with a different formula.
It is being said that this time Mayawati is not going to announce her candidates in advance. Of course, she will prepare the list for all 403 seats, but will announce the names only after the elections are declared. At the same time, she has made it clear that all her sitting MLAs will be contesting again. This way, she has minimised the risk of the hopping game of those who are already MLAs of the party. She has also apparently decided to give tickets to all leaders who join the BSP after leaving the SP, and this can cause a stir in Mulayam Singh Yadav’s party.
This time Mayawati will also make changes in the caste equation for ticket distribution. In the last elections, she had given tickets to 74 Brahmin candidates, but this time probably the number of such candidates will be limited to 50. Last time, Mayawati had given tickets to 85 Dalit candidates, and this time it will go up to 100 or more. This means she will give 15 general seats to Dalit candidates. In the same manner, Mayawati had given tickets to 85 Muslim candidates, but this time the number might go up to 100.
Mayawati may increase the number of candidates from ultra-backward castes to counter the SP and BJP. It is to be noted that the SP has decided to send Beni Prasad Verma and Vishambhar Prasad Nishad to Rajya Sabha, and this is nothing but according to the calculation of non-Yadav backward votes.
In the same manner, the BJP has appointed KP Maurya as the State President. To counter all this, Mayawati will increase the number of candidates from non-Yadav backward castes. By the next month, all candidates will be informed about their seats but the announcement will be made later.
GRAND ALLIANCE IN TROUBLE
All is not well in the alliance between the JDU, RJD and Congress in Bihar. RJD leaders are getting back to their old business. People are saying that Lalu Prasad Yadav didn’t stop leaders who gave statements against Nitish Kumar and also failed to take any action against them. He only advised JDU leaders to just pay attention to him and not to what other RJD leaders were saying. But he is speaking the least and other veteran leaders of his party are saying a lot.
SP’S CHANGING EQUATIONS
The power equation has changed in the SP, and is expected to change more as new faces enter the House. When the party had decided to give command of the State to Akhilesh Yadav after the last Assembly Elections, Shivpal Yadav was not in its favour. Of course, Ram Gopal Yadav had fully supported the decision. Gradually, a good chemistry developed between Akhilesh and Shivpal, and Ram Gopal felt isolated. When the decision on Rajya Sabha seats was to be taken, Ram Gopal opposed both outsiders — Amar Singh and Beni Prasad Verma — but nobody listened to him.
That is why it is being said that Delhi and not Lucknow will be the new battlefield of the party. Ram Gopal is the leader of the SP in Rajya Sabha. Amar and Beni have to work in Rajya Sabha as per his strategy. But there is least possibility for this. Both are masters of their own will and won’t bow down before anyone except Mulayam.