At present, Mayawait/BSP is the most inclusive party in UP. Not only she has given tickets to all the sections of society, she has also announced the policies for the betterment all the sections of society. Although Mulayam came to power by luring Muslims, his government only worked for Yadavs. All jobs, contracts went to yadavs. His goonda family and followers had a free run during his tenure, doing maa-behan of law and order.
All other things being equal, Mayawati is a better bet for a safer UP. Dalits have blind faith in her, and she is also supposed to keep the betterment of dalits at a higher priority. By including other sections in a party which had such a strong dalit ideology, Mayawati has shown flexibility and its should be welcomed. Had other sections of society been flexible and accomodating towards dalits, there was no need have a BSP or Mayawati. She probably will make a govt. with congress or BJP support. Last time even some of the dalit MPs betrayed her. The big question is will her MPs, who will be non-dalits and from higher caste desert her in the middle. If they do they will fail this experiment which shows a spark of hope for reconciliation of our increasingly divided society.
