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Assembly Election Results 2017: Mayawati's reworked social engineering formula flops

BSP failed to strike a chord with the voters winning just 20 seats

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BSP Chief Mayawati

Press Trust of India Lucknow

Last Updated : Mar 11 2017 | 9:52 PM IST

Mayawati’s social engineering formula helped Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) win a majority in the Uttar Pradesh elections but she was not that lucky this time with its reworked version.

Out of power for two consecutive terms and drawing a blank in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BSP failed to strike a chord with the voters winning just 20 seats. Mayawati gave tickets to 97 Muslim candidates and inducted tainted MLA from Purvanchal Mukhtar Ansari, his brothers Afzal Ansari and Sigbatullah Ansari, and son Abbas. From conjuring up the image of an upper caste basher to the most significant symbol of

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