The entirely expected assertiveness on the part of the Dalits and the aggressive response to this, from the backward castes especially, poses a challenge to the SP-BSP government, both with regard to fulfilling the aspirations of its most important social support base and maintenance of the fragile backward-Dalit alliance.
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