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LUCKNOW: BSP chief Mayawati , on Sunday once again voiced concern about Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan’s infiltration into the political landscape as a saffron ploy to prop up a puppet to split Dalit votes and allow BJP to sail through. “These small organisations for Dalits and OBCs have been formed to harm Ambedkar’s movement and the BSP electorally. Those parties opposed to BSP use these small outfits to their advantage from time to time. Despite her public criticism of him, Chandrashekhar has said he will continue to support her.The alliance will be fielding an SP candidate in Varanasi, where Muslims also has a voter base. It will be a high profile contest with PM Modi contesting from this seat for a second time, having been challenged unsuccessfully by AAP chief and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in 2014..