http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Maya_humbles_Tikait_in_UPs_war_of_nerves/articleshow/2921386.cms
Maya humbles Tikait in UP's war of nerves 3 Apr 2008, 0129 hrs IST,TNN NEW DELHI: BSP leader and UP chief minister Mayawati seems to have won the showdown with kisan leader and Jat symbol Mahendra Singh Tikait fairly comprehensively. The BKU chief, who once brought Delhi to its knees, meekly turned himself in on Wednesday before the law for his casteist diatribe against Mayawati. The events were triggered by Tikait's intemperate outburst against Mayawati at a rally in Bijnore on Saturday. Police force despatched to arrest the BKU leader ran into stone-throwing and fortified resistance. But it ended in anti-climax, with Tikait throwing in the towel quickly. In the volatile Jat heartland, such denouements are rare. Tikait surrendered before a determined police force camping at his village of Sisauli, after vowing defiance for two days. Just as a violent confrontation loomed with men in khaki reported to have hemmed in Sisauli while Tikait's men parked themselves behind bricked barriers, the BKU chief did a somersault. This underlines the significant political change catching up with the most feudal of patches. Tikait not only gave up after resisting police action for being booked under SC/ST Atrocities Act, he went to the extent of saying, "Mayawati is like my daughter". A stock peacemaking phrase, it might rarely have been used by a Jat for a dalit in western UP.
