Gujarat, Karnataka, Goa, UP- Election 2007 - 2

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<!--QuoteBegin-rajesh_g+May 11 2007, 10:01 AM-->QUOTE(rajesh_g @ May 11 2007, 10:01 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->It would be interesting to find out how many of the winners from BSP are brahmins ?
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http://www.indianexpress.com/story/30728-2.html

<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--> Over the last couple of years, she and her advisors assiduously wooed the upper castes, particularly the Brahmins, and that experiment has clearly paid off. <b>As a triumphant Mayawati told the press this evening, as many as 51 Brahmins had won on the BSP tickets - the maximum to win in any election since Independence.</b> Clearly, the BSP’s efforts to turn the old Congress Brahmin-Harijan-Muslim base on its head has worked - at least for the time being.

The Congress party’s failure to revive and the BJP’s poor performance also indicate that, much like in Tamil Nadu and Bihar, the two national parties are being slowly replaced by so-called regional and caste-based parties. One reason, as Mayawati proved today, is that these newer parties are more attuned to the churning on the ground and have mastered the language of empowerment that has quietly but decisively replaced the politics of paternalism and patronage.

The Rainbow

Maya’s legislators include:

<b>• 51 Brahmins

• At least 15 Thakurs</b>

• 61 Dalits

• 26 Muslims as compared to SP’s 16<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->