A new house for Maya

In fact,the bungalow is located between the BSP-run Bahujan Samaj Prerna Trust at 12 Gurdwara Rakabganj Road and the BSP national office at 16 Gurdwara Rakabganj Road.

Till now,Mayawati used to stay at C-11 Humayun Road with party MPs Ambeth Rajan C-12 and Gandhi Azad C-18,whose term concluded last November,as neighbours. The three addresses used to host the BSPs political activity in the Capital. On Friday,however,C-11,which once used to have a battery of security personnel,had a lone UP Police constable on duty. The security paraphernalia at the spot has already been pulled down.

After emerging as the UPA Governments prime challenger in the run-up to the July 22 trust vote last year,the BSP chief had hosted a luncheon for leaders from 10 different political parties at her Humayun Road residence. She had used the occasion to flaunt her national ambitions.