"It's His (Amit Shah) Magnanimity": Mayawati's Cautious Praise Amid Polls
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Mayawati said BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) has not just received Dalit and Muslim votes but we are also getting upper caste and backward caste votes.
Weeks before the Uttar Pradesh election results, an exchange between former Chief Minister Mayawati and Union Minister Amit Shah has drawn attention.
Asked to respond to Amit Shah's positive assessment of her campaign, Mayawati said today: "It is his magnanimity that he has acknowledged the truth."
She added: "But I also want to tell him - in the three phases that have taken place in UP, the BSP (Bahujan Samaj Party) has not just received Dalit and Muslim votes but we are also getting upper caste and backward caste votes. I want to tell him that."
Mayawati also gave a non-committal response to the BJP's claim of crossing 300 in the 403-seat UP assembly. "Only time will tell. Who knows, the BSP may emerge the winner, instead of the BJP and Samajwadi Party,"
