Mayawati,the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh has now set her eyes on Delhi.Addressing a massive rally two days ago, she spelt her intention in no uncertain terms.Considering the strained relationship between the Left parties and the Congress,she has started fine tuning her strategy .In her first salvo she has threatened to pull out from the United Progressive Alliance if her demand for a special package for U.P worth 80,000 crores is not met immediately.
As per a survey conducted by NDTV ,just a few days ago,Mayawati would grab more than 40 Parliamentary seats if the elections are held due to the withdrawal of Left’s support to the present United progressive Alliance Government.Mayawati would be emboldened to know that no party would be able to form the government without her support,considering the present political alignment.She seems to be aware of this and is gearing up to exploit the situation to her advantage.A few years ago it would have been labeled as her hallucination to be the Prime Minister of India,but not now,considering the state of affairs of the National Parties.It is altogether a different matter how her ascendancy will affect India’s march towards prosperity and its rightful place among the developed nations of the world.
Mayawati is also tryng to replicate her success formula in other states .She has started to woo Brahmin’s in Maharashtra.Next on the list are minorities,especially muslims.Considering the disarray in the Samajwadi Party,she his hopeful of making a dent in that community too.She has given the Central Government the ultimatum to implement reservation in Private sector.So,she hopes to benefit from on that account as well.According to NDTV survey,the Rashtriya Janta Dal of Lalu Prashad Yadav would be wiped out from Bihar this time;So will be the Lok Jan Shakti of Ram Vilas Paswan.That survey also indicates that Narendra Modi would improve upon his tally.But in the all India scenario, Congress would emerge as the biggest beneficiary but it can’t cross the 225 mark .So the support of Mayawati would be crucial to form the government.
The position of Left in Kerala is very precarious and it will loose there heavily .The same can happen in West Bengal too,if Mamta Banerjee joins hands with Congress.Bhartiya Janta Party will be sidelined ,even though it is “nearly” supporting the Nuclear Deal now.The supporters of BJP are dismayed over its double-speak and the way it has dithered to support the Indo-US Nuclear deal which is very important for the country.It will suffer most because its voters are relatively literate and aware of the International affairs.Kapil Sibbal,the Science and Environment minister very aptly described that the “BJP has kissed death”.
These political developments do not auger well for India as everybody knows how these regional leaders have conducted themselves in the past.They have grabbed their position by promising the most downtrodden segments of our society a better future. While they have managed to amass unbelievable fortune for themselves,the masses remain in perpetual poverty.Perhaps politicians like Mayawati would like to maintain their status quo,forever.
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