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SP emerges as third force in MP
Bhopal, Dec 05: Two days after humbling BSP in assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav has dealt another blow to Mayawati--this time in Madhya Pradesh.
Bhopal, Dec 05: Two days after humbling BSP in assembly bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav has dealt another blow to Mayawati--this
time in Madhya Pradesh.
After replacing Mayawati as Chief Minister, Yadav has made inroads in neighbouring Madhya Pradesh and displaced her BSP from the third position in the 230-member state assembly, securing seven seats.
The development has come close on the heels of the drubbing received by the BSP at the hands of SP in UP where Yadav's party wrested two seats from her party. SP victory is significant as five of its winners are from areas the Vindhya and Bundelkhand regions bordering Uttar Pradesh from where the BSP generally used to derive its strength. The remaining two of its nominees have won from Pipariya in Hoshangabad district and Multai in Betul district.
SP had fielded as many as 161 candidates in an attempt to emerge as the third force in Madhya Pradesh which could tilt the balance in the event of a hung assembly.
BSP, which had contested 157 seats, could win only two--one from Mauganj in Rewa district of Vindhya region and the other from Shivpuri in Chambal belt. Mayawati, in fact, had wanted to "teach a lesson to BJP' in MP to avenge its actions in up which forced her exit from the chief ministership and the CBI probe in the Taj heritage corridor case. The move appeared to have boomeranged as her putting up a large number of candidates instead of helping Congress, benefited the BJP which she had dubbed as "enemy number one".
Bureau Report
The development has come close on the heels of the drubbing received by the BSP at the hands of SP in UP where Yadav's party wrested two seats from her party. SP victory is significant as five of its winners are from areas the Vindhya and Bundelkhand regions bordering Uttar Pradesh from where the BSP generally used to derive its strength. The remaining two of its nominees have won from Pipariya in Hoshangabad district and Multai in Betul district.
SP had fielded as many as 161 candidates in an attempt to emerge as the third force in Madhya Pradesh which could tilt the balance in the event of a hung assembly.
BSP, which had contested 157 seats, could win only two--one from Mauganj in Rewa district of Vindhya region and the other from Shivpuri in Chambal belt. Mayawati, in fact, had wanted to "teach a lesson to BJP' in MP to avenge its actions in up which forced her exit from the chief ministership and the CBI probe in the Taj heritage corridor case. The move appeared to have boomeranged as her putting up a large number of candidates instead of helping Congress, benefited the BJP which she had dubbed as "enemy number one".
Bureau Report