BSP decline: What went wrong on Mayawati’s side? | Talking politics

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), once one of India’s most powerful political forces and the dominant player in Uttar Pradesh, is now facing an unprecedented decline. With the BSP set to lose its last remaining member of parliament, questions are being raised about the future of the party founded by Kanshi Ram and led by Mayawati. In this episode of Talking Politics, The Hindu’s Nistula Hebbar talks to Dr. by Arvind Kumar, Research Fellow at SOAS and the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, on organizational, social and electoral decline.