Limits to Mayajaal.

The results of the Bhadohi byelections in Uttar Pradesh provide a counterpoint to the widespread assumption that the rise of Mayawati is inevitable. This is not to suggest that she won't be prime minister after the next election, but that will happen only in the context of the fact that any ambitious politician can indeed become PM, given the right kind of political arithmetic or stalemate. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]