Mayawati Kumari
Mayawati Kumari is leader of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), a prominent politician and Chief Minister of India's most populous state Uttar Pradesh. She was born in 1956 to government official Prabhu Das. Mayawati has been in active politics for well over two decades. Mayawati belongs to the Dalit community. She well educated, Mayawati and holds multiple degrees including a B.A., a degree in education and a law degree. She worked as a teacher in Delhi for several years. Prior to her entry into the political arena, Mayawati was keen on becoming an IAS officer. The 51-year politician is unmarried and often referred to by her supporters as Bahenji (sister). She has been the Chief Minister during three other short tenures but her party holds the absolute majority in the state as of date. She is the highest income-tax payer among all politicians in India paying Rs. 26 crore for year 2007-08. In 1984, Kanshi Ram founded the BSP as a party to represent the Buddhist and Dalits. Mayawati was one of the key people in the new organization. In 2001, Kanshi Ram named her as his successor

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'Key to next govt at Centre lies in our hands' - 09 Apr 2009
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati will be defeated by the unity....” Launching attack on Chief Minister Mayawati, Paswan said without

UPA has fulfilled all promises: Rahul Gandhi - 09 Apr 2009
of the state in the past 20 years," he added. He also accused Mayawati for failing

Jaswant Singh files nomination from Darjeeling - 09 Apr 2009
Bimal Gurung, his wife Sheetal Kumari and his secretary Colonel Bhawani Singh

'Fourth front' takes off from Mulayam land - 09 Apr 2009
;Paswan chose to train his guns more pointedly on BSP chief Mayawati. 'Using the name of Ambedkar, Mayawati was busy projecting herself and now instead of Ambedkar, she is busy putting up her own statues.'    Accusing Mayawati

SP, RJD, LJP confident of defeating NDA, Mayawati - 09 Apr 2009
Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati will be defeated by the unity of the three.... Accusing Mayawati of not doing anything for the backward classes, LJP chief

BSP has done nothing to develop Uttar Pradesh: Rahul Gandhi - 09 Apr 2009
for the party's Lok Sabha poll candidate Shailendra Singh.    'The Mayawati-led

Sarees identified with political parties in Kolkata - 09 Apr 2009
more sarees with Mayawati's Elephant symbol and the CPI(M)'s working class hammer... Mamata Banerjee, BSP's Mayawati, BJP's Sushma Swaraj, and AIADMK's Jayalalithaa

Rajnath claims BJP, RLD would emerge victorious - 09 Apr 2009
, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati sought to dispel the impression that her

Astrologers hit cyberspace with predictions on elections - 09 Apr 2009
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) Who's to blame for Varun Gandhi's hate speech? What's behind Sharad Pawar's guessing game? Will Lalu Prasad deliver an encore? Will Chiranjeevi's stars better his chances? Will Mayawati's fame spread far and wide

EC refuses to comment on Mayawati's favouritism allegation - 08 Apr 2009
on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's allegations that the poll panel... comment on this (Mayawati's allegations),' Deputy Election Commissioner R. Balakrishnan told reporters here.    Earlier in the day, Mayawati accused

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