BSPs Mayawati targeting Gujarat, predicts website

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has now set her eyes on winning Gujarat in the December 2007 Assembly Elections, says a website.

New Delhi, Aug 8 : Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has now set her eyes on winning Gujarat in the December 2007 Assembly Elections, says a website.

The website, politicsparty.com, predicts that Mayawati's BSP will shock both the BJP and the Congress in Gujarat, if they did not change gears and will allow her to occupy the mindspace of Gujarat voters.

Mayawati reportedly has details such as the exact number of voters from each caste-community and sub-sect, political activists angry with Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, and those angry with Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

The BSP supremo's objective appears to be to highlight the weak points of the Congress and the BJP to woo voters to her cause, says the website.

Mayawati has details of development issues that have the voters most angry with the Congress and the BJP, and the constituencies where she must visit to create the maximum impact.

According to the website, Mayawati reportedly acquired these facts through a police survey of each Assembly constituency in the State.

"Mayawati sent a team of police officers to each of the 182 Assembly constituencies in Gujarat," an article on the website says.

She has reportedly now contacted all BJP and Congress dissidents in Gujarat.

"They are all going to join the BSP in a massive public meeting that Mayawati will address in September 2007," the website claimed.

The analysis and news portal of the world of politics suggests that Modi needs to do some damage control by wooing the Patel community, a key BJP vote bank.

"Mayawati's core vote coalition in Gujarat will comprise of Dalits, Muslims and Patels. She has decided to project a Patel as the Gujarat Chief Ministerial nominee," the website concluded.

ANI