From Southern Ally, Mayawati Gets Backing As 2019 PM Face

Could Mayawati be a contender to be the next Prime Minister of India? The focus on the 2019 Lok Sabha election by political analysts is: who will win UP - by far the largest state with 80 Lok Sabha seats - and whether or not there will be an alliance between Mayawati's BSP and Akhilesh's Samajwadi Party is crucial. In an exclusive interview with NDTV, Mayawati speaks about - whether the alliance with Akhilesh Yadav is a reality for the Lok Sabha elections, whether the BJP is worried about this alliance and are putting pressure on her, and whether with new alliances in Karnataka and UP, she is staking her bid to be India's first Dalit woman prime minister.