Decode Politics: Why Mayawati’s west UP statehood promise has ruffled feathers
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati’s remark at an election rally on April 14 about carving out west Uttar Pradesh as a separate state has shifted the focus on the demand for the reorganisation of Uttar Pradesh even as most of the other parties remain uneasy and non-committal on the issue.