UTTAR PRADESH-After Mathura BJP s Emerging Strategy-After Mathura: BJP s Emerging Strategy

After Mathura: BJP's Emerging Strategy Amaresh Mishra The entire Mathura episode shows how much the political scene in Uttar Pradesh has changed since the Ayodhya days. The BJP had apparently hoped to consolidate and widen its constituency in the context of the break-up of the ruling alliance in the state and the dependence of the government in power on its support. This it has not been able to do.