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Post by Guest Tue May 10, 2016 9:02 pm

Although these six MLAs have been supporting the Congress since the formation of the government in 2012, the BJP had stepped up efforts to lure them in the run-up to the crucial trust vote. According to senior BJP leaders, it had appeared that the party would succeed in its mission after BSP chief Mayawati privately assured them of support.

But the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister lived up to her reputation of being unpredictable. Shortly before the floor test on Tuesday morning, Mayawati made a formal announcement that her two legislators in Uttarakhand would vote for the Congress.

BJP leaders admitted that Mayawati’s decision had proved to be a turning point in Uttarakhand’s long-running political saga. “She first said she would support us, appeared to be neutral a day before, but then everything changed this morning,” said a senior BJP leader.

Even as the BJP was making concerted efforts to woo the BSP and independent legislators, the Congress crisis managers were also hard at work. Besides Rawat, senior Congress leaders including Ahmed Patel, Ghulam Nabi Azad and Ambika Soni were also in constant touch with these legislators. Realising that the BSP legislators would only act on Mayawati’s instructions, Patel personally spoke to the BSP chief who, it is learnt, assured him of her party’s support on the eve of the vote.


http://scroll.in/article/807912/how-political-considerations-in-up-may-have-finally-ended-the-political-saga-in-uttarakhand

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