Will Mayawati support the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections?
The recent stances taken by the Bahujan Samaj Party leader have led to speculation that she could directly or indirectly help the ruling party. Prakash SINGH / AFP
In March 2010, as Mayawati thundered before lakhs of enthusiastic supporters at a political rally in Lucknow’s Ramabai maidan, with the crowd chanting slogans of ‘Jai Bheem’ in response, a swarm of bees came out from nowhere and descended on her. The crowd was stunned seeing the bees hovering over Mayawati, but the leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party stood her ground and declared that the bees were a blessing from heaven.