Mayawati

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Mayawati
Mayawati
In office
June 3, 1995 – October 18, 1995
March 21, 1997 – September 21, 1997
May 3, 2002 – August 29, 2003
Preceded by Mulayam Singh Yadav
President's rule
President's rule
Succeeded by President's rule
Kalyan Singh
Mulayam Singh Yadav
Born January 15, 1956
New Delhi
Political party Bahujan Samaj Party
Spouse Unmarried
Occupation Politician

Mayawati (born January 15, 1956) is an Indian politician, and the president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). She has been the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh three times, briefly during 1995 and 1997, and from 2002 to 2003 with support from another party BJP.

Mayawati is the first Dalit woman to become the Chief Minister of any of India's states[2]. She belongs to Jatav (Chamar) caste which is a Dalit sub caste in Uttar Pradesh.

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Mayawati graduated from Kalindi College in Delhi and further studied law at the University of Delhi and worked as a teacher before embarking on a political career under the patronage of Kanshi Ram, the founder of the BSP.

Mayawati fought her 1st election from the Kairana Lok Sabha seat. Kairana is located in the Muzaffarnagar district in Uttar Pradesh. In her career as a politician she has won elections at the national and state levels in addition to serving as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh several times.

In 2003, durign her tenure as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2003, Mayawati was accused of corruption by the opposition, Samajwadi Party. The Samajwadi Party legislators presented a video casette and a CD to the Governer of Uttar Pradesh. They claimed that the recording showed Mayawati asking her MLAs to hand over money from their annual constituency fund towards BSP's party fund.[3]. Shortly after, Mayawati got more than 140 cases filed against her bete noire and head of Samajwadi Party, Mulayam Singh Yadav, for alleged misuse of the Chief Minister's Discretionary Fund when he headed the government in 1995-96. She also got first information reports (FIRs) registered against other leaders of the Samajwadi Party.[4].

  1. ^ UP CM's & their terms. Retrieved on March 30, 2007.
  2. ^ Untouchable politics and politicians since 1956: Mayawati. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
  3. ^ Samajwadi Party claims to have on tape Mayawati demanding a 'cut'. Rediff.com (2003-03-04). Retrieved on 2007-03-30.
  4. ^ Politics of vendetta. Frontline (2003-04-23). Retrieved on 2007-03-30.

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