LUCKNOW: Mirzapur, with a sizable Kurmi population coupled with its claim to fame for sending Phoolan Devi to Parliament, remains a tough turf for BSP chief Mayawati, who addressed a packed rally there on Tuesday.
The party has not won from this constituency for a while even as BJP and SP are vying for OBC votes by aligning with rival factions of Apna Dal, one led by Anupriya Patel and other by her mother Krishna Patel. BSP has put its money on social engineering, having reached out specifically to OBCs over past few months to strengthen its position.
