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Brahmins who attended Mayawati's convention were fake
Published by: Nitish Kapoor
Published on: Tue, 15 Nov 2011 at 16:44 IST
Lucknow: The Brahmin Convention called by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister
Mayawati was dubbed as a carefully thought of plan ahead of the 2012
assembly elections in the state. After all, using the same tactics the
BSP supremo thumped to a major victory in 2007 when she was elected
chief minister a fourth time.
However, the "Brahmins" who were shown all across national televisions
were not actually those known to smear a symbolic mark on their
foreheads. In fact they were from different castes. Most of them were
dressed like a Brahmin complete with a "tilak" and the sacred thread
(janeu).
What was more surprising was that the chief minister was unaware of
all the drama. It was her party members who staged the entire show
with the 25,000 Brahmins in such a way that even the chief minister
was fooled into believing that she had scores of the upper caste
supporters.
The act was done because the Brahmin voters have lost faith in the BSP
government and it was difficult for the party workers to assemble a
gathering of such a large number of them for the convention.
It was necessary to give the "Brahmins" that identifiable look and
that led to an increased demand of sacred thread and sandal powder.
The sale of the sacred thread and sandal touched an all time high in
the markets of Lucknow. Such was the need of the hour that the BSP
workers applied the powder used to prepare pots as tilak.
The manner in which the convention was staged shows how Chief Minister
Mayawati is far from the truth. It is not the opposition that will
create problems for her but her own party members who are trying to
mislead her. It will be interesting to see what next step will
Mayawati take.
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