Has Dalit politics lost its insurgent spirit in Uttar Pradesh?
Dalit politics in Uttar Pradesh is at crossroads. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), whose leader Mayawati famously became the first woman Dalit Chief Minister of any State in 1995, now struggles to retain her sway, while the emerging Dalit leader Chandrashekhar Azad’s party Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) (ASP) lacks organisational heft to make a splash. […]