Mayawati

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Mayawati Kumari is an Indian politician who serves as the current chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. She was born in 1956 to a minor government official Prabhu Das and his wife Ram Rati, both of who belonged to the Dalit community, the former untouchable class of the Hindu hierarchy. She has been in active politics for over two decades and has been the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in three short tenures before the current term.

Mayawati has faced corruption charges from time to time as the head of the Bahujan Samaj Party. While she was serving as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 2002-03, she was involved in the Taj Corridor Case. She was also involved in an embezzlement case leading to her coming under the CBI scanner for her personal wealth. It is also said that every year on her birthday, the members of BSP extort money from businessmen and other wealthy people to fill the party coffers as well as to raise their personal bank balances. The opposition party blamed Mayawati for the murder of a PWD engineer who had refused to pay for her birthday festivities.

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Mayawati
Mayawati
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Incumbent
Assumed office
13 May 2007
Preceded by Mulayam Singh Yadav
In office
3 May 2002 – 29 August 2003
Preceded by President's rule
Succeeded by Mulayam Singh Yadav
In office
21 March 1997 – 21 September 1997
Preceded by President's rule
Succeeded by Kalyan Singh
In office
3 June 1995 – 18 October 1995
Preceded by Mulayam Singh Yadav
Succeeded by President's rule
Personal details
Born 15 January 1956 (1956-01-15) (age 56)
New Delhi
Political party Bahujan Samaj Party
Relations Six brothers and two sisters[citation needed]
Residence Lucknow
Alma mater
Occupation Politician
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Mayawati pulls out all the stops in Gorakhpur and calls on electorate to cast ...
Daily Mail - 15 hours, 30 minutes ago
By Rajat Rai Uttar Pradesh Pradesh chief minister Mayawati on Monday cautioned voters to cast their votes with 'intelligence' after dubbing the Congress as 'power hungry'. Mayawati, who addressed two rallies in Kushinagar and Gorakhpur district, ...
Cong, BJP misleading public on blackmoney issue: Mayawati - Indian Express - 19 hours, 58 minutes
Congress, BJP misleading public on black money issue: Mayawati - Daily News & Analysis - 21 hours, 11 minutes
Uttar Pradesh set to vote amid hung house prediction - Times of India - 22 minutes
Notification for 7th round issued - Hindustan Times - 23 hours, 22 minutes
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Mayawati blames rivals for using 'pet dogs' to disturb rallies
Indian Express - 8 hours ago
An attempt by a woman to enter the secured area around the dais, which created some commotion at her rally at Gorakhpur on Monday, so upset UP Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party national president Mayawati that she accused the opposition parties of ...
UP Polls: Woman tries to enter rally; Maya calls her 'dog' - Oneindia - 2 hours, 45 minutes
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Mayawati's man, BSP worker shot dead ahead of UP poll 2012
Oneindia - 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
Lucknow, Feb 7: 24-year-old Dhirendra Yadav - a worker of Mayawati's party - Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), has been shot dead. Mr Yadav was first beaten up by some unidentified assailants and then the attackers killed the BSP worker.


Connection between SRK, Mayawati, Rahul Gandhi
Zee News - 5 hours, 27 minutes ago
Rahul kept following Maya in the film and in real Rahul Gandhi is chasing Mayawati in the election. A song titled 'Ghode jaisi chaal haathi jaisi dum' also featured in the film and look at the coincidence. Mayawati's paty's symbol is an elephant!


Am fond of Mayawati, but she has forgotten to listen to UP: Rahul
NDTV - 1 day, 5 hours ago
Mayawati and Mulayam ji, with all due respect, do not want to change UP. Anybody who says caste does not exist in UP has not walked the streets of UP. With Sam Pitroda, we had a man from a small community that feels disempowered...and I was saying ...
Rahul takes on Mulayam, Mayawati; says he will change UP - Moneycontrol.com - 1 day, 1 hour
It's time to vote: How much will Rahul dent a confident BSP? - Firstpost - 8 hours, 19 minutes
Assembly Election 2012: Priyanka Gandhi hits out at UP Chief Minister Mayawati - Economic Times - 2 days, 1 hour
UP slowing down the country: Rahul Gandhi - Indian Express - 7 hours, 48 minutes
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Leaders on high posts lose touch with public: Rahul
Business Standard - 32 minutes ago
Rahul went to the extent of citing the example of his bete noirs Mulayam Singh Yadav and Mayawati to drive home his point. "Politics does not mean posts... Posts lead to distance. ....These posts take the shape of walls ", Gandhi said addresing an ...
Rahul Gandhi slams BJP's 'India Shining' campaign - Oneindia - 1 hour, 39 minutes
Not affected by criticism: Rahul Gandhi - Newstrack India - 1 day, 4 hours
Hold that sarcasm, Rahul is no more the political apprentice - Firstpost - 23 hours, 34 minutes
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Mayawati sells 2400 acres wetlands in Greater Noida to Ansals
Economic Times - 1 day, 5 hours ago
For the Mayawati government, which has come under immense criticism on issues of corruption and irregularities in land deals, the stop-work order has come at an inopportune moment. It brings to fore the fact that the state government did not take steps ...


BSP in tight corner on dalit turf
Times of India - 11 hours, 7 minutes ago
AMBEDKARNAGAR (UP): To experience the sharp erosion of support for Mayawati, one must visit Ambedkarnagar. A district named after the dalit icon and personally "adopted" by the chief minister, it remains enveloped in darkness.
At its 'social lab', trial by fire for BSP formula - Indian Express - 1 day, 15 hours
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