New Delhi, Sept. 15: The BJP is not overly excited at the prospect of a battle-scarred Samajwadi Party coming apart before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections next year. The BJP believes that if the Samajwadi patriarch does not resolve his family issues, the Muslims, who a source claimed "appeared to be undecided right now", could "migrate en masse" to the BSP. She has a good chance of defeating the BJP," a BJP official said. The BJP's assessment is that any Muslim accretion to Mayawati's vote base could serve as a magnet to pull in some upper caste votes as well. But the upper caste votes are slippery.

Source: The Telegraph September 15, 2016 21:11 UTC