Dalit Assault, Mayawati Insult: Will This Be A UP Gamechanger?

Thousands of BSP workers came out on the streets of Lucknow today in a massive show of strength to demand the arrest of Dayashankar Singh who made derogatory remarks against Mayawati. This on a day Rahul Gandhi visited the Dalit victims who were attacked by cow vigilantes in Una, Gujarat. The BJP called Rahul Gandhi's visit "political tourism". On The Buck Stops Here, we debate: with Dalits up in arms, is the BJP on the defensive? Is this a turning point in UP politics ahead of the Assembly elections? And has centrestaging of beef politics by the BJP emboldened the so-called cow vigilantes?