Political analysts are baffled as to why Mayawati is writing the political obituary of her own party. They are unwilling to believe that Mayawati is taking the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to the funeral pyre because her brother Anand Kumar and the party are facing Enforcement Directorate cases. It is widely believed that Mayawati is under tremendous pressure as she fears action by the ED and other central government agencies probing charges of alleged corruption. But the case against Mayawati’s brother was registered way back in 2009 during the Congress-led UPA years. Since then a lot of water has flown down the Ganges and it is bogged down in courts as usual and no one heard of them for years together. It is also a mystery that after winning UP on her own in 2007, the BSP’s fall began since 2012 and the party does not have a seat in the Lok Sabha seat today and a lone MLA in UP who is basking in Yogi Adityanath’s glory
It is argued that more than 30 Opposition leaders are facing corruption probes since 2014 and cases were settled after many crossed over to BJP, some got reprieve and rest are stalled in courts. Out of these 30 politicians, 10 are from the Congress; four each from NCP and Shiv Sena; three from TMC; two from TDP; and one each from SP, YSRCP and others. Yet, it is difficult to fathom that merely due to the ED case against Anand Kumar, Mayawati is taking her party to the garden path and making no effort to arrest this decline among Dalit voters and deliberately allowing the loss of this vote bank to the BJP. With a spate of hasty expulsions and retractions, she has created an impression further that she is not keen to revive the party either. Though she has shunned leaders from collecting funds at meetings and denied posts to relatives, the BSP’s slide continues. Why does she want to remain a marginal player on the fringe ? The mystery continues.
