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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Behenji's heir day </b>
Pioneer News Service | Lucknow
Who's the political heir to BSP chief Mayawati? Everyone was left guessing when the lady claimed that she has chosen an able successor to carry on the party's mission in case something happens to her.

"He is not only a Dalit but also a chamaar (her own caste) and is 18 to 20 years younger to me," she said at a party rally on Saturday.

Refusing to divulge details, Mayawati said her successor was being prepared to lead the party but would not be projected as long as she was alive or else vested interests would try to mislead or confuse him.

The letter naming the successor has been handed over to two of Mayawati's confidantes and would only be opened after her death.

However, amid all these announcements, speculation was rife over a party MLC being her political heir. Insiders claimed that the MLC concerned has been assigned the task of a north Indian State to keep him away from UP, though he hails from eastern UP.
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