In high-stakes poll battle, will Mayawati succeed in uniting warring Dalit cast...

Dalits comprise 21.2% of Uttar Pradesh’s population and their support is crucial to the electoral plans of the BSP, which has forged an alliance with traditional rival Samajwadi Party (SP) to take on the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in India’s most populous state.

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