The MP for five consecutive terms failed to give Pilibhit any prominence or a profile anywhere close to that of Rae Bareli and Amethi. Other than distribution of her MPLAD fund, she did hardly anything else to boast of
It was not just "social engineering" but her visible potential to actually be the only alternative at the hustings, combined with the enforcement of the rule of law by the election commission, that proved all media wrong and enabled Mayawati to bulld