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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Mayawati said a party which coined the slogan "Har Har Modi, Ghar char Modi" was almost made "beghar" (homeless) by the people of Gujarat in the Assembly elections last month.
Though the BJP is a clear winner, bagging 14 of the 16 mayoral posts, the BSP registered twin success in Meerut and Aligarh, wresting both seats from the BJP.
Mayawati also ridiculed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement who dubbed the Bharatiya Janata Party victory in Uttar Pradesh civic polls as "victory of BJP's vision".
A resurgent Mayawati challenged the BJP and said that her party would sweep the 2019 Lok Sabha polls if voting is done on ballot papers.
Mayawati claimed that contesting in alliance had not benefitted her party in the past, therefore it was better that the BSP contests the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls alone.
“ I would like to warn BJP and RSS that if they continue to look down upon the Dali community and its leaders then I will renounce Hinduism and convert to Buddhism along with my supporters,” Mayawati said.
Mayawati today took a dig at Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath saying that he will look after the development of the state when he gets time from "puja paath" (worship) in temples.
Mayawati said India needs a PM who works rather than a merely speaking one.
Mayawati today termed the poor showing of the BJP-affiliated ABVP in the recently held student union elections as a "good omen for political transformation".
BSP supremo Mayawati said that the Union Cabinet expansion reflects the tensions in the BJP and in the NDA as well.
The rally suffered successive setbacks on Tuesday as Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Vice President Rahul Gandhi expressed their inability to attend the rally
Mayawati today said BRD college principal Dr Rajeev Mishra has been made a "scapegoat", after he was suspended following the death of 30 children at the hospital within a span of 48 hours.
On the resignation by three MLCs, two from Samajwadi Party and one of BSP in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati said rather than bowing before the BJP, they should have faced the challenge.
The Two SP MLCs who have submitted their resignations from the State Legislative Council are Bukkal Nawab and Yashwant Singh.
BSP chief Mayawati today announced that her party would launch a state- wide programme from September 18 to protest the "anti-Dalit" stand of the BJP.
Mayawati was required to give a fresh one-line resignation letter in accordance with the rules. Her earlier missive in three pages was considered a conditional offer which could not be accepted.
Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman P J Kurien said the House wants BSP chief Mayawati to withdraw her resignation.
Lalu said that his party would again send Mayawati to the Upper House of the Parliament if she so desires.
Mayawati’s decision to put in her resignation in Rajya Sabha is not something she has done in a fit of rage. In fact, it comes across as a calculated strategy towards reviving the fortune of her party
BSP supremo Mayawati today resigned from the Rajya Sabha, hours after she was asked by chair to restrict her impromptu speech on anti-Dalit violence in Saharanpur in Uttar Pradesh.
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