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Mayawati rally in Bangalore today

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Bangalore: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati arrived here on Saturday on a two-day visit to the State. She will address a rally of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) at the Palace Grounds on Sunday. Ms. Mayawati, who is the president of the BSP, came by a private aircraft from Lucknow. She was received by State BSP president B. Gopal, the former Minister P.G.R. Sindhia and office-bearers of the party.

The BSP leader waved to the waiting crowd comprising party workers and sympathisers along with members of the uniformed Bahujan Volunteer Force and then proceeded to a nearby hotel.

Photographers and television channels had to be content with taking pictures from a distance, and no reporter was allowed to go near the leader. However, the party’s media managers took reporters to the hotel from where they had to return without meeting the Chief Minister after an hour’s wait.Satishchandra Misra, MP, tried to convince the security personnel to allow the reporters to meet Ms. Mayawati. Looked tired, Ms. Mayawati came out of her room, posed for the photographers and went back inside.

The security was so tight that Mr. Sindhia and Mr. Gopal had to wait outside. They were allowed to meet her after an hour. While Mr. Sindhia will join the party at Sunday’s rally, sources said that the former Deputy Chief Minister M.P. Prakash would meet Ms. Mayawati on Sunday.

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