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On Judging Mayawati
Anand Teltumbde’s critical assessment of the Bahujan Samaj Party’s “success” in Uttar Pradesh, the obvious ambiguities of Mayawati’s victory, and how it does not portend a dalit raj (EPW, June 9) has to be welcomed. However, he has made some sweeping generalisations and drawn a few arbitrary conclusions.
Anand Teltumbde’s critical assessment of the Bahujan Samaj Party’s “success” in Uttar Pradesh, the obvious ambiguities of Mayawati’s victory, and how it does not portend a dalit raj (EPW, June 9) has to be welcomed. However, he has made some sweeping generalisations and drawn a few arbitrary conclusions.