Why SP and BSP are reluctant to take advantage of CAA turmoil in UP?

As Uttar Pradesh went through a deep turmoil, following the agitation against the CAA and the crackdown on dissenters, SP and BSP strangely remained muted

For Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), street protests are strictly a no-no. For Akhilesh Yadav and his Samajwadi Party (SP), demonstrations and sit-ins are acceptable, provided these “do not go out of hand”. As Uttar Pradesh went through a deep turmoil, following the agitation against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the crackdown on dissenters, the SP and the BSP, the state’s principal Opposition parties, remained strangely muted in their response and reacted through social media and press statements, although both voted against the Bill in Parliament.
 
When the Congress — ironically the only entity to challenge