Weeks before the Uttar Pradesh election result, former Chief Minister Mayawati and Union Home Minister Amit Shah's "mutual praise" has set speculation on fire as the BJP faces tough challengers in its re-election bid in India's biggest and most important state. Asked to respond to Amit Shah's positive assessment of her campaign in an interview, Mayawati said today: "It is his badappan (magnanimity) that he has acknowledged the truth."