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effectively checked the saffron upsurge ate assets of Mulayam Singh Yadav, his
in the state to attain formidable power. sons Akhilesh and Prateek in pursuance
But it broke down very soon over pity to its orders to CBI.
differences between Mayawati and Mu- The apex court by its judgement and
layam and ultimately on 3 June 1995 his orders dated 13-12-2012 directed that
government fall after deep scars of State CBI may take such independent action,
Guest House episode.” as it considers fit, on the basis of the
Mayawati assumed power with the inquiry conducted by it pursuant to the
help of BJP and the alliance broke down directions given by the apex court in the
during Kalyan Singh’s regime. Politics is judgment after review. The court also
always pregnant with possibilities and insulated CBI from extraneous factors by
nothing is impossible in politics. The new directing it to function without seeking
generation of Samajwadi Party led by any direction from the Union of India or
Akhilesh Yadav tactfully patched up dif- on the basis of any direction that may be
ferences with BSP chief Mayawati and given by it. On the other hand, the apex
reentered into pre-electoral alliance court had dropped the case against Dim-
of 50:50 each leaving just two seats for ple Yadav as she was not associated with
Sonia and Rahul Gandhi. Now the re- Yadav family at that point of time.
alliance between two estranged political Just ahead of crucial elections for the
survival of political supremacy, the trou-
All players — Modi- bles for Yadav clan appears to be over till
elections as Supreme Court directed the
Yogi, Rahul-Priyanka CBI to file an affidavit within four weeks
on the records to place status of the case
and Akhilesh-Maya instead of oral submissions. The ball is in
have done extensive CBI hands against Yadav clan, which has
to take a call whether to register a regular
campaigning in the criminal case against them under section
state but political 154 Cr.PC after assessing evidential mate-
solidation and disintegration of votes rial collected during preliminary enquiry
in the name of religion, castes and analysts feel that the or drop it because CBI has to place its
communities. status report of its investigations before
The Congress party use to rule the combination of SP-BSP the apex court within four weeks from
state on the core strength of Dalit, Mus- is will have an 12th April. The court had directed CBI in
lims and Upper castes votes, but of late 2012 to take independent action without
its vote share scattered among regional edge in Phase 1 seeking any directives from Union gov-
parties like SP-BSP emerged as champi- ernment but it failed to take the allega-
ons of their causes and Muslims too split rivals is on the test of public scrutiny, as tions against them to a logical end, after
away from it after Babri Masjid demoli- it will be interesting to see how it works inordinate delay of more than six years.
tion in Ayodhya during Congress led down the grounds as their grassroots Similarly, the disproportionate assets
Narshimha Rao government in 1992. workers were at loggerhead. case against Mayawati is pending before
Thereafter Congress party could never Ironically, in Uttar Pradesh, both the apex court and has not come up for
comeback to power in its grassroots Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati hearing since long but tax and enforce-
bastion. clan and close aides are under the net ment officers have repeatedly putting
Mulayam Singh Yadav aggressively of CBI and Enforcement Directorate, pressure on her by raiding and ques-
campaigned and surprised everyone by for allegedly accumulating “unaccount- tioning her close relatives and officers.
entering into electoral alliance with Dalit ed wealth and money laundering” by Political circles believe that such moves
crusader Kanshi Ram’s newly formed acquiring disproportionate assets as proved instrumental to uproot the pros-
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). But this compared to their known source of pects of congress party to stand united
combination could not survived long income. Recently entertaining the a fresh with secular opposition parties against
and that pave the way for BJP to flourish application of Vishwanath Chaturvedi, BJP. However, once again destiny played
its base in Uttar Pradesh to gain political the apex court headed by chief justice vital role in uniting SP-BSP and forging
power. Ranjan Gogai and Justice Dipak Gupta pre-poll alliance that was beyond the
Political observers feel, “Had the com- issued returnable notice within two imagination of common people.
bination of OBC (including Yadavs), Mus- weeks to CBI to place status report before
lims and Dalits continued it could have the court with regard to disproportion- letters@tehelka.com

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