Mayawati & Akhilesh's Mahagathbandhan fail to stop Modi's juggernaut

Whatever little gains accrued by the anti-BJP and anti-Congress alliance have gone to Mayawati's party

Created with the intention of under-cutting the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress, the Mahagathbandhan seems to have self-destructed into oblivion. Probably, the only gains of what Modi called the “unholy and adulterated alliance” seems to have accrued to Mayawati and her party.

Leads show that the Samajwadi Party (SP), which was expected to gain big from this alliance, will end up winning no more than six seats in Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will end up winning not more than 12 seats in different states.  In Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 legislators to the Lok Sabha