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Preparing for the next election: Governance can wait The Samajwadi Party government headed by Akhilesh Yadav completed one year in office in March 2013. The manner in which the Samajwadi Party swept to power was a decisive rejection of the ways of the Bahujan Samaj party (BSP) regime and former chief minister Mayawati. But all actions of the governments in past one year – strange as it may appear – indicate that instead of improving governance in the State, have been directed at preparing for the next Lok Sabha election rather than setting things right in the state. There were high expectations from this government, but right from the composition of the ministry – and the subsequent reshuffle – to the surprising neglect of the rapidly deteriorating law and order situation, the government has acquitted itself poorly on most fronts. To begin with, the government has transferred more than 1000 officials of the state administration and police, changing nearly every head of depa...