Resurrection road map starts from South: Mayawati ties up with Deve Gowda

BJP strategists in Karnataka insist their party is bound to benefit by the coming together of Mayawati and Deve Gowda

Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, though her stars are down, could turn the tables on her rivals in the Lok Sabha polls by going in for a pre-poll tie-up in Uttar Pradesh for the first time in two decades.

This possibility is being talked about in political circles in hushed tones in the wake of the mercurial Mayawati going in for an alliance in faraway Karnataka with former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda’s Janata Dal (Secular). She is keeping away from two Lok Sabha bypolls in Uttar Pradesh scheduled next month.

Options before parties

The last time Mayawati