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The writer, executive editor, Verve, is, in her personal space, often driven to distraction by her two growing young adults, but she loves the madness of it allThe spectacular electoral success of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh has created new interest in Dalit movements across the country. The victory of the BSP is especially significant because it occurred in UP, not a state known for cordial caste relationships.Moreover, it was against formidable entrenched forces that also utilise, overtly and covertly, politics of caste identity. It is also remarkable in the fact that a Dalit organisation was able to get out of the limitations of support from a particular caste (or even a cluster of socially similarly placed castes) and attract votes from across the social spectrum. 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The writer, executive editor, Verve, is, in her personal space, often driven to distraction by her two growing young adults, but she loves the madness of it allThe spectacular electoral success of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) led by Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh has created new interest in Dalit movements across the country. The victory of the BSP is especially significant because it occurred in UP, not a state known for cordial caste relationships.Moreover, it was against formidable entrenched forces that also utilise, overtly and covertly, politics of caste identity. It is also remarkable in the fact that a Dalit organisation was able to get out of the limitations of support from a particular caste (or even a cluster of socially similarly placed castes) and attract votes from across the social spectrum. 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