By wearing a second garland of currency notes within two days, Mayawati has once again demonstrated her political gut instincts.
There was a clear motive behind her government’s construction of massive memorials and statues of Dalit icons, including those of her own. “She had been waiting for the perfect opportunity,” said a senior journalist who has been following Mayawati’s political spoor for long. “The garland episode gave her this opportunity.
Earlier also, she has been wearing solitaires and glittering jewellery to show her Dalit followers that they too should nurse an ambition to make it big. So, if you expect her to be apologetic on this count, you obviously haven’t understood her mindset.” Many who have known the BSP’s stormy petrel would perhaps agree with the observation.
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