BJP & SP opposition may stir political pot

The political landscape seems set for a big change, with BJP and SP's unprecedented bid to break from the 'dalit line' holding the potential to stir social equations frozen since the Mandir-Mandal upheaval. BJP's rebuff to Mayawati's request that it pause the Coalgate agitation to allow the passage of constitutional amendment bill jolted government insiders who had assumed that the opposition party would not risk the taint of being "anti-dalit".

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