The Mayawati-led party’s strategy of money, muscle and caste of forging local and temporary caste-based alliances to gain political ground failed in 2022.
Post-poll analysis from this year's election clearly suggests that Mayawati’s core Jatav base has also eroded, perhaps for the first time in the party’s 38-year history.
Akhilesh Yadav and Azam Khan's resignations from parliament indicates that Samajwadi Party is ready to focus on its role as the opposition party in Uttar Pradesh.
The decimation of the Mayawati-led BSP in Uttar Pradesh could signify the end of the subaltern stream of Dalit Bahujan politics. For all the criticism of recent actions (or inaction) of the BSP chief and four-time Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, there is a tragic element to the disempowerment of a pol