BJP to fall short of majority in upcoming Indian elections: polls
Amid rising anger over unemployment and a fall in rural incomes, Modi's BJP also lost key state elections in December
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Mayawati
Three women who could be Modi’s biggest nightmare
The firebrand chief minister of West Bengal state, Mamata Banerjee, and Mayawati, a former Uttar Pradesh chief minister - are also plotting to unseat Modi’s ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition by forming big opposition groupings
India’s ‘Dalit Queen’ Mayawati rises to challenge Modi
LUCKNOW: When Amit Shah, president of Narendra Modi's ruling party, meets with the Indian prime minister, he is sometimes asked a question he struggles to answer: "What is behenji thinking?"
By "behenji", or "older sister", Modi means Mayawati, the enigmatic politician and former ruler of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh.
Modi's keen interest in what the 60-year-old is up to reflects concern about his political prospects, amid an economic recovery that many poor Indians have yet to feel and rising social tensions…