<p class="title">A day before polling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, BSP supremo Mayawati Saturday wondered if Varanasi would be a repeat of Rae Bareli in 1977 when maverick politician Raj Narain defeated Indira Gandhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati suggested the possibility on her Twitter handle, accusing the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for ignoring the development of the state’s eastern region.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Poorvanchal faced non-fulfilment of promises and betrayal, when the prime minister and UP chief minister are representing it,” she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Gorakhpur has rejected Yogi (Adityanath). Will the defeat of PM Modi not become more historic than his win? Will Varanasi repeat Rae Bareli-1977?" Mayawati tweeted in Hindi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though she did not elaborate on the context, the apparent reference was to post-Emergency general election when, Indira Gandhi had got 1,22,517 votes and lost to Raj Narain who bagged 1,77,719 votes in the electoral battle in Rae Bareli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Bahujan samaj Party chief also derided the "Gujarat Model of development".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Gujarat model of PM Modi has been unsuccessful in removing the extreme poverty, unemployment and backwardness of the UP's Poorvanchal, which is a gross 'vadaakhilaafi' (non-fulfilment of promise)," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The double-engine government of Modi-Yogi has given casteist and communal hatred and violence to the country instead of any development, which is extremely sad," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BSP chief, while extending her greetings on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti.</p>
<p class="title">A day before polling in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency, BSP supremo Mayawati Saturday wondered if Varanasi would be a repeat of Rae Bareli in 1977 when maverick politician Raj Narain defeated Indira Gandhi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Mayawati suggested the possibility on her Twitter handle, accusing the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh for ignoring the development of the state’s eastern region.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Poorvanchal faced non-fulfilment of promises and betrayal, when the prime minister and UP chief minister are representing it,” she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">“Gorakhpur has rejected Yogi (Adityanath). Will the defeat of PM Modi not become more historic than his win? Will Varanasi repeat Rae Bareli-1977?" Mayawati tweeted in Hindi.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Though she did not elaborate on the context, the apparent reference was to post-Emergency general election when, Indira Gandhi had got 1,22,517 votes and lost to Raj Narain who bagged 1,77,719 votes in the electoral battle in Rae Bareli.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Bahujan samaj Party chief also derided the "Gujarat Model of development".</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Gujarat model of PM Modi has been unsuccessful in removing the extreme poverty, unemployment and backwardness of the UP's Poorvanchal, which is a gross 'vadaakhilaafi' (non-fulfilment of promise)," she said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The double-engine government of Modi-Yogi has given casteist and communal hatred and violence to the country instead of any development, which is extremely sad," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The BSP chief, while extending her greetings on the occasion of Buddha Jayanti.</p>