Kumari Mayawati, also known as Mayawati, is a renowned Indian politician who has been serving the nation in this field for over a decade. 65-year-old, Mayawati is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Mayawati is considered as an icon among the Dalits and is popularly hailed as “Behenji” or sister. Mayawati has been an important member of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) since its inception in 1984 and is now serving as the president of the party. She created history by becoming the first-ever female Scheduled Caste member to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state. Mayawati has served four separate terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the year 1995, 1997, 2002-2003, and 2007-2012 . Mayawati's rise from humble beginnings has been called a "miracle of democracy" by former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. Mayawati was born on January 15, 1956 in Delhi. Her father Prabhu Das was a postal employee at Badalpur in Gautam Buddha Nagar. Her mother's name was Ram Rati. In 1975, Mayawati completed her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Kalindi Women’s College, in Delhi. She earned a B.Ed. from VMLG College, Ghaziabad in 1976. Thereafter, Mayawati did her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Delhi University in 1983. The Bahujan Samaj Party will fight the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh alone. Mayawati had stated that BSP will win the election with absolute majority just like they did in the 2007 assembly polls. In Punjab, the BSP will be contesting the polls with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) i.e., former ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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His statements came a day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur to lay the foundation stone of the Ganga Expressway.
Mayawati's remarks came a day after PM Modi inaugurated the ambitious Kashi Vishvanath Corridor project.
Mayawati has accused the BJP and other parties of not giving Dalits the full benefit of their legal rights enshrined in the Constitution.
She also said the previous Uttar Pradesh government under her regime had given new dimension to development with Taj International Airport and Ganga Expressway, but the then Congress government at the Centre created obstacles.
BSP has prepared a "folder" to reach out to the people and assure them that a government formed by the party will continue to work with the motto of 'Sarvajan Hitai, Sarvajan Sukhai'.
Fifteen ministers, including 12 new faces, took oath on Sunday in Jaipur, fulfilling a key demand of former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot whose rebellion last year shook the state's Congress government.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday announced the repeal of the three agri laws which triggered a year of protests by farmers and also apologised to the people over his government not being able to "convince" a section of farmers.
In a major move, PM Modi on Friday announced the repealing of the three Central farm laws.
BSP won't have any "chunavi samjhauta" (poll agreement) with any party. We'll contest on our own. We're entering into agreement with people of all sections of society to bring them together -this alliance is permanent. Don't intend to enter into alliance with any party, party chief Mayawati said in a presser.
Mayawati said if the Congress was so concerned about women why did they not make the provision of 33 reservation for them in Parliament and legislative assemblies when they were in power.
Baby Rani Maurya, party sources confirmed, would work towards making a dent in BSP's 'Jatav' vote base. Jatavs, till now, have been firmly behind Mayawati and Baby Rani Maurya also claims to be a Jatav.
Earlier on Friday, a corpse of a man, with hands and legs chopped off, was found hanging on a police barricade at the farmers' protest site near the Singhu border, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hansraj.
This is the second time Mayawati slammed Cong's silence in the matter. Earlier on Sunday, she had asked whether the chief ministers of Punjab and Chhattisgarh would visit Hanumangarh to provide compensation to the Dalit victim's family.
Earlier on Thursday, a man was thrashed to death at Rohi Prempura village of Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan.
Mayawati's remarks came a day after a news channel in a survey showed that the BJP is poised to win the most number of seats in UP in the upcoming 2022 Assembly polls, and retain power.
Mayawati said a delegation of BSP led by party general secy and RS MP SC Mishra will be meeting the families of farmers killed in Oct 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri.
Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) issued a statement regarding the incident claiming the death of four farmers and alleged that one of the four farmers was shot dead by Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni's son.
Attacking the BJP for bagging votes in the name of Lord Ram, Mishra said that the Brahmins in the state are the targets despite the 'caste-based' votes. He further claimed that BSP will have most of the support from the Brahmin community and will not support BJP at any costs.
Chunav Manch LIVE Updates: India TV's day-long conclave Chunav Manch witnessed top leaders from UP, where assembly elections are due early next year, dive deep into a range of topics.
Earlier, Mayawati termed the cabinet expansion of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state an effort to mobilise voters on the basis of caste
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