BSP chief Mayawati has been concertedly telling the minorities that voting for the SP-Congress alliance will go in vain and it will help BJP. Photo: ReutersLucknow: Failing to revive its tested “social engineering” formula which saw it victorious in the 2007 Uttar Pradesh polls, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is going all out to woo Muslims through various clerics and organisations for regaining power. In 2007, BSP had notched up the magic mark all by itself riding on social engineering which helped it garner support of other sections of society as well besides its core vote bank among the Dalits. BSP chief Mayawati has been concertedly telling the minorities that voting for the SP-Congress alliance will go in vain and it will willy-nilly help BJP. But since Muslims have a pattern of voting for the party which is strongest to defeat BJP, SP-Congress alliance has given hope to them much to the discomfiture of BSP.

Source: Mint February 12, 2017 06:45 UTC