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Their dream to be PM lies shattered!

The United Progressive Alliance had projected the incumbent Manmohan Singh as its prime ministerial candidate.

It was the first time the Congress party had nominated its prime ministerial candidate before the elections.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, who had been the most vocal in articulating the Dalit aspirations for the top post, fared badly having put up the most number of candidates across the country.

Image: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati.
Photographs: Tanushree Punwani/Reuters
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