With regard to Ms Mayawati, her statements, first on the UGC regulations on equity and later on the title (Ghooskhor Pandat, or Corrupt pandat) of a new webseries is reminiscent of her “sarv samaj” push of the mid 2000s, when she got a full majority in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly. The reasons for this decline, apart from those mentioned above are many, but what is significant is what is revealed by Ms Mayawati’s attempts to go back to her “sarv samaj”. The UGC regulations on equity raised the hackles of the general category classes, the core support base of the BJP for many years now. The UGC regulations were considered the last straw and there were strong protests by general category students over the matter. In such a scenario, it isn’t any wonder that Ms Mayawati, looking for a comeback is recalling her 2007 playbook.

Source: The Hindu February 10, 2026 17:33 UTC