Hyderabad: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) will contest all the assembly and Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, said party supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati here Monday.
Addressing a public meeting here, she said the party would contest the elections on its own and have no alliance with any party. She promised that justice would be done to all sections of the society in party ticket distribution.
Mayawati called upon the people to defeat both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She alleged that both the parties were responsible for the problems faced by people, especially farmers and the working class.
'Though the Congress was in power most of the time since the country's independence, it failed to do justice to the weaker sections of the society,' she said.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
तीन कद्दावर नेता बसपा में शामिल
बांदा। मंगलवार को बांदा के तीन बड़े नेता प्रदेश के दो मंत्रियों के आह्वान पर पाला बदल बहुजन समाज पार्टी में शामिल हो गये।
प्रदेश के ग्राम्य विकास मंत्री दद्दू प्रसाद व श्रम मंत्री बादशाह सिंह के आह्वान पर तिंदवारी विधानसभा क्षेत्र से विधायक विशंभर प्रसाद निषाद के निकटतम प्रतिद्वंदी रहे जनमोर्चा नेता दलजीत सिंह, ब्लाक प्रमुख तिंदवारी सत्यस्वरूप राही तथा बड़ोखर खुर्द ब्लाक प्रमुख रणविजय सिंह अपने समर्थकों समेत मंगलवार को बहुजन समाज पार्टी में शामिल हो गये।
प्रदेश के ग्राम्य विकास मंत्री दद्दू प्रसाद व श्रम मंत्री बादशाह सिंह के आह्वान पर तिंदवारी विधानसभा क्षेत्र से विधायक विशंभर प्रसाद निषाद के निकटतम प्रतिद्वंदी रहे जनमोर्चा नेता दलजीत सिंह, ब्लाक प्रमुख तिंदवारी सत्यस्वरूप राही तथा बड़ोखर खुर्द ब्लाक प्रमुख रणविजय सिंह अपने समर्थकों समेत मंगलवार को बहुजन समाज पार्टी में शामिल हो गये।
Monday, March 23, 2009
बसपा का मायाजाल!
पना एक गढ़ मजबूत करने के लिए सपा प्रमुख मुलायम सिंह यादव ने एक दांव खेला तो बसपा प्रमुख मायावती ने उनके दो मजबूत दुर्गो में पेंच फंसा दिये। मध्य उत्तर प्रदेश में लोध वोटों की आस में मुलायम ने राम मंदिर आंदोलन के अगुवा रहे कल्याण सिंह को अपने पाले में क्या किया कि मायावती के भाग्य से जैसे छींका फूट गया और उन्होंने तुरंत पूर्वी और पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश में सपा के मुस्लिम वोट बैंकमें सेंध लगाने की कोशिशें शुरू कर दीं। अपनी इस बदली चुनावी रणनीति के तहत मायावती ने बड़े पैमाने पर प्रत्याशियों में फेरबदल कर सबसे ज्यादा मुस्लिमों को लोकसभा उम्मीदवार बना अपने इरादे साफ कर दिये। बसपा की सबसे बड़ी चिंता पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश को लेकर थी। पिछले साल किसान व जाट नेता महेंद्र सिंह टिकैत से मायावती का जोरदार टकराव हुआ था। उससे बसपा लोकसभा चुनाव के दौरान जाट मतों के नुकसान की आशंका से परेशान थी। इसी बीच मुलायम व कल्याण की दोस्ती ने बसपा की बांछें खिला दी। बसपा ने कल्याण फैक्टर के तुरंत बाद दर्जनभर से अधिक प्रत्याशी बदले हैं, जिसमें जोर मुस्लिम समुदाय पर है। बसपा पश्चिमी उत्तर प्रदेश की अमरोहा और संभल सीट पर अपने पूर्व सवर्ण प्रत्याशियों को बदलकर मुस्लिम समुदाय के महदूद मदनी व सपा के पूर्व सांसद शफीकुर्रहमान बर्क को उतार चुकी है। इन दोनों सीटों पर मुस्लिम मतदाता निर्णायक स्थिति में हैं। इसीलिए, पश्चिम की कैराना, मुजफ्फरनगर, बिजनौर, बागपत और रुहेलखंड की मुरादाबाद, रामपुर, बरेली, सीतापुर के अलावा पीलीभीत जैसी सीटों पर भी मुस्लिम प्रत्याशी खड़े किए हैं। खीरी सीट पर ज्ञान वाजपेई के स्थान पर इलियास आजमी व गाजीपुर सीट पर तीन प्रत्याशियों के नामों की घोषणा के बाद अब पूर्व सपा सांसद अफजल अंसारी, वाराणसी से बाहुबली मुख्तार अंसारी को मैदान में उतारा जा चुका है। सिर्फ कानपुर अपवाद है। यहां पर पिछले दो साल से बसपा के टिकट पर चुनाव की तैयारी में लगे सलीम अहमद के बजाय पार्टी ने सुखदा मिश्रा को टिकट दिया है। सुलतानपुर सीट से घोषित प्रत्याशी के स्थान पर निवर्तमान सांसद मो. ताहिर को टिकट दिया है। आजमगढ़ में अपने सांसद अकबर अहमद डंपी के स्थान पर मलिक मसूद को प्रत्याशी बनाया गया था। हालांकि शुक्रवार को उन्होंने फिर इस सीट से डंपी के ही नाम की घोषणा कर दी।
सोशल इंजीनियरिंग
उत्तर प्रदेश की जनता से खास अपील के साथ बसपा अध्यक्ष एवं मुख्यमंत्री मायावती ने शुक्रवार को उत्तर प्रदेश की सभी 80 लोकसभा सीटों के लिए उम्मीदवारों के नामों का एलान कर दिया। पार्टी के टिकट बंटवारे में सोशल इंजीनियरिंग केसाथ-साथ राजनीतिक आक्रामकता तथा विरोधियों की चित करने के दांव-पेंच भी नजर आते हैं। बसपा ने दूसरे दलों के आये दिग्गजों को भी चुनावी अखाड़े में उतारा है। मायावती ने बताया कि देश में कितनी सीटों पर उनकी पार्टी चुनाव लड़ेगी, इसका खुलासा चार-पांच दिनों में कर दिया जायेगा। सूची से स्पष्ट है कि ब्राह्मण समाज को सबसे ज्यादा 20 सीटें, जबकि मुस्लिमों को 14, अन्य पिछड़े वर्ग को 19 व अनुसूचित जाति/अनुसूचित जनजाति के लोगों को 17 सीटें मिली हैं। क्षत्रिय समाज के हिस्से में छह, वैश्यों के तीन तथा सिख समाज के हिस्से एक सीट आयी है। अन्य पिछड़ा वर्ग में चार यादव हैं तथा दो गूजर भी हैं। जाट समाज के तीन लोगों को टिकट दिया गया है। कायस्थ समाज फिलहाल एक भी सीट नहीं मिली। उम्मीदवारों के चयन में सबसे खास बात यह कि दूसरे दलों को छोड़कर आने वाले अथवा अपने दलों का बसपा में विलय करने वाले 34 लोगों को टिकट दिया गया है। पूर्व में आजमगढ़ से घोषित मलिक मसूद तथा सीतापुर से घोषित बुनियाद हुसैन अंसारी को बदलकर उनके स्थान पर क्रमश : अकबर अहमद डम्पी तथा श्रीमती कैसर जहां को मैदान में उतारा गया है। दूसरी पार्टियां छोड़कर आने वाले जिन लोगों पर पार्टी ने दांव लगाया है, वे हैं
डॉ. अखिलेश दास (लखनऊ),
जगदीश सिंह राणा (सहारनपुर),
स्व. मुनव्वर हसन की पत्नी श्रीमती तबस्सुम बेगम (कैराना),
कादिर राणा (मुजफ्फरनगर),
शाहिद सिद्दीकी (बिजनौर),
राजीव चन्ना (मुरादाबाद),
घनश्याम सिंह लोधी (रामपुर),
शफीकुर्रहमान बर्क (संभल),
मौदूद मदनी (अमरोहा),
सुरेन्द्र सिंह नागर (गौतमबुद्धनगर),
श्यामसुन्दर शर्मा (मथुरा),
एसपी सिंह बघेल (फिरोजाबाद),
देवेन्द्र सिंह यादव (एटा),
डीपी यादव (बदायूं),
कुंवर सर्वराज सिंह (आंवला),
इस्लाम साबिर अंसारी (बरेली),
अरुण शंकर शुक्ल अन्ना (उन्नाव),
जय प्रकाश रावत (मोहनलालगंज),
शिवाकांत ओझा (प्रतापगढ़),
नरेश अग्रवाल (फर्रुखाबाद),
गौरीशंकर(इटावा),
महेश चन्द्र वर्मा (कन्नौज),
सुखदा मिश्रा (कानपुर),
कपिलमुनि करवरिया (फूलपुर),
अशोक कुमार वाजपेयी (इलाहाबाद),
राकेश पाण्डेय (अम्बेडकर नगर),
सुरेन्द्रनाथ अवस्थी उर्फ पुत्तू अवस्थी (कैसरगंज),
कीर्ति वर्धन सिंह (गोंडा),
गणेश शंकर पाण्डेय (महराजगंज),
विनय शंकर तिवारी (गोरखपुर),
धनंजय सिंह (जौनपुर),
अफजाल अंसारी (गाजीपुर),
मुख्तार अंसारी (वाराणसी) तथा
गोरखनाथ पाण्डेय (भदोही)।
टिकट पाने वालों में प्रदेश के ग्रामीण अभियंत्रण सेवा मंत्री ठाकुर जयवीर सिंह की पत्नी
राजकुमारी चौहान (अलीगढ़),
ऊर्जा मंत्री रामवीर उपाध्याय की पत्नी सीमा उपाध्याय (फतेहपुर सीकरी),
बसपा विधायक विजय पाल की पत्नी सुनीता सिंह (शाहजहांपुर)
व विधायक जासमीर अंसारी की पत्नी कैसर जहां (सीतापुर) हैं।
सहकारिता मंत्री स्वामी प्रसाद मौर्य को कुशीनगर से उतारा गया है।
विधायक अनिल कुमार मौर्य को मिर्जापुर तथा कमला कांत गौतम को मछलीशहर में किस्मत आजमाने को कहा गया है।
नगीना से सुरक्षित सीट से मैदान में उतारे गये राम किशन सिंह सेवानिवृत्त आईएएस हैं।
इलियास आजमी जो पिछली बार शाहाबाद से बसपा सांसद बने थे इस बार लखीमपुर खीरी से किस्मत आजमायेंगे।
पूर्व विधायक आरएस कुशवाहा रायबरेली में सोनिया गांधी का मुकबला करेंगे तो अमेठी में पिछली बार चुनाव लड़ चुके आशीष शुक्ला इस बार फिर राहुल गांधी से टक्कर लेंगे।
पहली बार राजनीति में कदम रखने वाले राजा अयोध्या विमलेन्द्र मोहन प्रताप मिश्र फैजाबाद से उम्मीदवार बनाये गये हैं।
पूर्व मंत्री हरिशंकर तिवारी के दोनों बेटों विनय शंकर तिवारी को गोरखपुर तथा भीष्म शंकर तिवारी उर्फ कुशल तिवारी को संतकबीर नगर तथा उनके रिश्तेदार गणेश शंकर पाण्डेय को महराजगंज से टिकट दिया गया है।
टिकट पाने वालों में मुख्तार अंसारी, अफजाल अंसारी, डीपी यादव, अरुण शंकर शुक्ल अन्ना, रिजवान जहीर, अकबर अहमद डम्पी, मो.ताहिर, धनंजय सिंह तथा कपिल मुनि करवरिया की गणना बाहुबली के रूप में होती है। इसके साथ ही पार्टी ने चौदहवीं लोकसभा के डेढ़ दर्जन सदस्यों पर फिर से दांव लगाया है, इसमें से बारह बसपा के व छह दूसरे दल के हैं। बसपा के जिन सांसदों को फिर से टिकट दिया गया है उनके नाम हैं इलियास आजमी, राजेश वर्मा, अशोक कुमार रावत, मो. ताहिर खान, कमला प्रसाद रावत, लालमणि प्रसाद, मो. मुकीम, भीष्मशंकर तिवारी, अकबर अहमद डम्पी, कैलाश नाथ सिंह यादव, महेन्द्र प्रसाद निषाद तथा अनिल शुक्ला वारसी। दूसरे दलों से आये सांसदों ने के नाम हैं शफीकुर्रहमान बर्क, जयप्रकाश रावत, कीर्ति वर्धन सिंह, अफजाल अंसारी तथा देवेन्द्र सिंह यादव। बसपा के तीन सांसद उमाकांत यादव, भाई लाल कोल रमेश दुबे को टिकट नहीं मिला। एक अन्य सांसद बृजेश पाठक पहले ही राज्यसभा भेजे जा चुके हैं।
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Queen of the Dalits
It was an image dripping with symbolism — and cake crumbs. When Mayawati Kumari, Chief Minister of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, turned 52 in January, aides and civil servants took turns to finger-feed her scoops of a 115-pound (52 kg) chocolate birthday cake at a party in the state capital Lucknow. The image of mostly high-caste men feeding a Dalit (formerly "Untouchable") woman was an incredibly powerful one in a country where discrimination based on caste has been banned for more than half a century but where many of the old barriers and prejudices endure. Just in case Mayawati's statement of arrival was missed by anyone, she turned up later that day at a five-star hotel in the Indian capital New Delhi for a second celebration. "If you've come from nothing and then make money, it's a very understandable psychological drive to want to openly spend it," says Chandra Bhan Prasad, a pioneering Dalit newspaper columnist. That's especially true, says Prasad, if you feel unwelcome by the traditional ruling classes: "There is still a feeling among many in the upper-caste Hindu élite that she's not acceptable."
That may have to change — and fast. Mayawati's message on her birthday, as it has been since her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won a clear majority in India's biggest state 10 months ago, is that she will use her popularity there to become an important player on the national stage at the next general election. Given the fractured nature of Indian politics, that poll, due by early 2009 at the latest, is unlikely to produce any single winner. If Mayawati and the BSP can win 40 or 50 seats in the 552-member lower house — a real possibility given that Uttar Pradesh's 110 million voters elect 80 of those members — she would be well placed to decide which of India's two big parties, the Indian National Congress and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, should lead a new government, or perhaps even wangle the premiership for herself.
The fact that Mayawati is seriously discussed as a possible next Prime Minister is evidence of how far she has come. Born one of nine children to a low-level civil servant and an illiterate mother, Mayawati used her street smarts and the affirmative-action programs designed to help India's downtrodden to study teaching and then law. She joined the BSP in 1984 and, as the head of unstable coalitions, went on to become Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister for three brief stints before last year's breakout victory when the party won outright.
Mayawati's master stroke was to drop her weary slogans calling on her supporters to use their shoes to "beat" upper-caste Brahmins and to reach out to them; many feel as sidelined by the middle-ranking castes who control much of government these days as do the Dalits. That unlikely coalition, key to Congress's decades of dominance in Indian politics, is now working for Mayawati. "The difference with Congress is that they were using Dalits but keeping them on a bottom level, whereas we are all on an equal platform with a Dalit leader at the top," says Satish Chandra Mishra, the BSP's secretary general. "That is getting a tremendous response around the country."
What sort of a national leader would Mayawati make? It is difficult to pin down her policies, says political analyst Swapan Dasgupta, "because she has this arbitrary style." Since taking over in Uttar Pradesh again, Mayawati, who has called herself a "living goddess," has ordered half a dozen statues of herself and is building a $100 million park to commemorate BSP founder Kanshi Ram. She also wants to spend billions of dollars on a highway running beside the Ganges and has plans for a shopping mall next to the Taj Mahal. Such huge projects appeal to her supporters not only because they provide thousands of jobs but because, like her birthday parties, they project an image of Dalit power and wealth.
To Mayawati's critics, statues and megaprojects are simply evidence of her vanity and opportunities for kickbacks. India's Central Bureau of Investigation has an ongoing investigation into Mayawati's "disproportionate assets." Mayawati herself has filed papers with election officials indicating she owns 72 properties and has 54 bank accounts. Those records show Mayawati's wealth increased by more than 30 times over the past four years to $13 million — a fact she puts down to generous supporters who have showered her with gifts of jewelry, art and cash. Her aides say that the gifts are all fully recorded and accounted for, and stopped the moment she became Chief Minister. "These are absolutely bulls___ allegations," says Mishra. "She is not guilty of anything." (Mayawati declined numerous requests for an interview with TIME.)
In the past couple of months, as speculation has turned to the possibility of an early election, Mayawati has held a series of rallies around the country and has begun testing her political weight, perhaps to see how far she can go. On March 31, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi criticized Mayawati for not running Uttar Pradesh properly. Yet on her birthday, both Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was in China at the time, had made sure to call Mayawati to wish her well. After all, they might need her support in a matter of months.
That may have to change — and fast. Mayawati's message on her birthday, as it has been since her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) won a clear majority in India's biggest state 10 months ago, is that she will use her popularity there to become an important player on the national stage at the next general election. Given the fractured nature of Indian politics, that poll, due by early 2009 at the latest, is unlikely to produce any single winner. If Mayawati and the BSP can win 40 or 50 seats in the 552-member lower house — a real possibility given that Uttar Pradesh's 110 million voters elect 80 of those members — she would be well placed to decide which of India's two big parties, the Indian National Congress and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, should lead a new government, or perhaps even wangle the premiership for herself.
The fact that Mayawati is seriously discussed as a possible next Prime Minister is evidence of how far she has come. Born one of nine children to a low-level civil servant and an illiterate mother, Mayawati used her street smarts and the affirmative-action programs designed to help India's downtrodden to study teaching and then law. She joined the BSP in 1984 and, as the head of unstable coalitions, went on to become Uttar Pradesh's Chief Minister for three brief stints before last year's breakout victory when the party won outright.
Mayawati's master stroke was to drop her weary slogans calling on her supporters to use their shoes to "beat" upper-caste Brahmins and to reach out to them; many feel as sidelined by the middle-ranking castes who control much of government these days as do the Dalits. That unlikely coalition, key to Congress's decades of dominance in Indian politics, is now working for Mayawati. "The difference with Congress is that they were using Dalits but keeping them on a bottom level, whereas we are all on an equal platform with a Dalit leader at the top," says Satish Chandra Mishra, the BSP's secretary general. "That is getting a tremendous response around the country."
What sort of a national leader would Mayawati make? It is difficult to pin down her policies, says political analyst Swapan Dasgupta, "because she has this arbitrary style." Since taking over in Uttar Pradesh again, Mayawati, who has called herself a "living goddess," has ordered half a dozen statues of herself and is building a $100 million park to commemorate BSP founder Kanshi Ram. She also wants to spend billions of dollars on a highway running beside the Ganges and has plans for a shopping mall next to the Taj Mahal. Such huge projects appeal to her supporters not only because they provide thousands of jobs but because, like her birthday parties, they project an image of Dalit power and wealth.
To Mayawati's critics, statues and megaprojects are simply evidence of her vanity and opportunities for kickbacks. India's Central Bureau of Investigation has an ongoing investigation into Mayawati's "disproportionate assets." Mayawati herself has filed papers with election officials indicating she owns 72 properties and has 54 bank accounts. Those records show Mayawati's wealth increased by more than 30 times over the past four years to $13 million — a fact she puts down to generous supporters who have showered her with gifts of jewelry, art and cash. Her aides say that the gifts are all fully recorded and accounted for, and stopped the moment she became Chief Minister. "These are absolutely bulls___ allegations," says Mishra. "She is not guilty of anything." (Mayawati declined numerous requests for an interview with TIME.)
In the past couple of months, as speculation has turned to the possibility of an early election, Mayawati has held a series of rallies around the country and has begun testing her political weight, perhaps to see how far she can go. On March 31, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi criticized Mayawati for not running Uttar Pradesh properly. Yet on her birthday, both Gandhi and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who was in China at the time, had made sure to call Mayawati to wish her well. After all, they might need her support in a matter of months.
(Courtsy : TIME)
Sunday, March 15, 2009
पीएम का फैसला चुनाव परिणाम के बाद
नई दिल्ली। कांग्रेस और भाजपा व उनके गठबंधन को केंद्र की सत्ता में आने से रोकने के लिए बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती भले ही तीसरे मोर्चे के साथ खड़ी हों, लेकिन उन्हें प्रधानमंत्री बनाने के उनकी पार्टी के फैसले में कोई बदलाव नहीं आया है। इसका संकेत खुद मायावती ने रविवार को यह कह कर दे दिया कि तीसरे मोर्चे के प्रधानमंत्री का नाम चुनाव नतीजे आने के बाद ही तय किया जाएगा।साथ ही उन्होंने कहा कि संप्रग व राजग को केंद्र की सत्ता में आने से रोकने के उनके प्रयास में वामपंथी व दूसरे दल भी जी-जान से लगे हैं और उम्मीद है कि इस बार उनकी पार्टी का मकसद जरूर पूरा होगा। बसपा के संस्थापक कांशीराम के जन्मदिन पर यहां पत्रकार वार्ता के दौरान मायावती ने यह कह कर अपनी मंशा साफ कर दी कि कांशीराम की दिली तमन्ना उत्तर प्रदेश की तरह ही केंद्र में भी बसपा की सरकार बनाने की थी। इसीलिए कांग्रेस, भाजपा और उनकी सहयोगी पार्टियों को बसपा इस बार किसी भी कीमत पर सत्ता में नहीं आने देना चाहती।
रात को तीसरे मोर्चे के सभी नेताओं के लिए आयोजित भोज से पहले हुए इस संवाददाता सम्मेलन में मायावती ने यह भी कह दिया कि राजग-संप्रग को सत्ता से दूर रखने की बसपा की कोशिश में वाम और दूसरे दल भी उसके साथ मुस्तैदी से खड़े हैं। ऐसे में पूरी उम्मीद है कि इस बार उनका 'मकसद' जरूर पूरा होगा।
चुनाव से पहले ही मायावती को प्रधानमंत्री के रूप में प्रोजेक्ट करने को लेकर तीसरे मोर्चे में शुरू से ही मतभेद रहा है। अब बसपा प्रधानमंत्री का नाम चुनाव बाद तय करने पर राजी तो हो गई है, लेकिन परोक्ष रूप से उसने यह संकेत भी दे दिया है कि वह अब भी मायावती को प्रधानमंत्री बनाने के अपने 'एजेंडे' पर कायम है।
बसपा प्रमुख ने संवाददाता सम्मेलन में रात्रिभोज के एजेंडे का भी खुलासा किया। उन्होंने कहा कि उनके दिल्ली स्थित नए सरकारी आवास पर मित्र दलों के नेता डिनर पर जुटेंगे। वहां तीसरा मोर्चा व उसके प्रधानमंत्री के नाम पर बात तो नहीं होगी, लेकिन कांग्रेस की अगुवाई वाली संप्रग व भाजपा की अगुवाई वाले राजग को केंद्र में सरकार बनाने से रोकने पर विचार-विमर्श जरूर होगा।
यह पूछे जाने पर कि तीसरे मोर्चे में साथ आने पर वाम दलों को उनसे कुछ लोकसभा सीटों की दरकार है? मायावती ने कहा कि मित्र दलों से बातचीत में इस बात पर सहमति बन गई है कि सभी अलग-अलग ही चुनाव लडें़गे। बसपा ने भी किसी दल के साथ कोई चुनावी समझौता नहीं किया है।
यह पूछे जाने पर कि प्रधानमंत्री पद की प्रबल दावेदारी के बावजूद बसपा का कोई घोषणा पत्र नहीं है, आखिर आर्थिक व अन्य नीतियों पर पार्टी का माडल क्या है? मायावती ने कहा, 'जब केंद्र की सत्ता में आएंगे-तब राष्ट्रीय व अंतरराष्ट्रीय नीतियां बनाएंगे। जैसे उत्तर प्रदेश में बनाया है।' इस मौके पर उन्होंने लोकसभा चुनाव में बसपा को राष्ट्रीय स्तर पर जिताने के लिए एक अपील भी जारी की और कहा कि चार-पांच दिनों में उत्तर प्रदेश के लिए लखनऊ में अलग से अपील जारी की जाएगी।
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Mayawati stresses on door-to-door campaign
BSP supremo Mayawati has directed party functionaries to go on a door-to-door campaign to ensure the party's success in the coming Lok Sabha polls, party sources said.The BSP leader is reported to have worked out her party's poll campaign down to the minutest details. The message to key workers is loud and clear - "to see Behenji ride on to the power pedestal in New Delhi
". She has mobilized her cadres in caste-groups, with well-defined and clearly demarcated areas of operation. Workers have been campaigning for the party in their respective locales. The Dalit-Brahmin 'bhai-chara' (friendship) committees that were put in place by her party's Brahmin mascot Satish Chandra Misra and are believed to have propelled her party to power in the state, have been activated. None in the party has been authorized to give interviews to the media. However, a senior minister told IANS on condition of anonymity, "Behenji's stress is on going door-to-door." Every constituency level and district coordinator has been directed to stick to their respective headquarters under all circumstance until the end of the Lok Sabha elections. "You must forget about all your personal matters and devote all your energies to the poll campaign which is most crucial for us," Mayawati is reported to be telling batches of coordinators who are being called in groups to take down her explicit directions for the campaign. According to sources close to her, Mayawati has been single
-handedly concentrating on establishing a fool-proof network of her party right down to the block level. "Everything has been planned and monitored directly by her and the chain of command is also clearly laid out with no scope for any deviations," a senior ruling party leader said.
". She has mobilized her cadres in caste-groups, with well-defined and clearly demarcated areas of operation. Workers have been campaigning for the party in their respective locales. The Dalit-Brahmin 'bhai-chara' (friendship) committees that were put in place by her party's Brahmin mascot Satish Chandra Misra and are believed to have propelled her party to power in the state, have been activated. None in the party has been authorized to give interviews to the media. However, a senior minister told IANS on condition of anonymity, "Behenji's stress is on going door-to-door." Every constituency level and district coordinator has been directed to stick to their respective headquarters under all circumstance until the end of the Lok Sabha elections. "You must forget about all your personal matters and devote all your energies to the poll campaign which is most crucial for us," Mayawati is reported to be telling batches of coordinators who are being called in groups to take down her explicit directions for the campaign. According to sources close to her, Mayawati has been single
-handedly concentrating on establishing a fool-proof network of her party right down to the block level. "Everything has been planned and monitored directly by her and the chain of command is also clearly laid out with no scope for any deviations," a senior ruling party leader said.
Ball in Mayawati's court
On March 15, Mayawati’s dinner table will decide who will be the prime ministerial candidate of the newly-formed Third Front. With a very small list to choose from, chances are, it will turn out to be a happy dinner. With Chandrababu Naidu and H D Deve Gowda already having withdrawn from the race, the ball is clearly in Bahujan Samajwadi Party supremo Mayawati’s court. So Mayawati has clearly conveyed her prime ministerial ambitions to the Third Front leaders and also set a deadline for it. She is hosting a party for the Third Front members on BSP founder Kanshi Ram's birthday on March 15; and wants the PM candidate issue finalised by then. At present, the Third Front comprises CPM, CPI, RSP, Forward Bloc, TDP, TRS, JD(S) and Bhajan Lal's Haryana Janahit Congress, was formally launched on Thursday. Her representative at the rally at Tumkur near Bangalore and party general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra, said "It is the aim of the BSP to make Mayawati prime minister." Given this backdrop, the March 15 meeting assumes significance as the leadership issue will almost certainly be discussed although the Third Front has so far taken the line that the prime ministerial question would be addressed only after the Lok Sabha elections are over and results declared.
Probability is that Mayawati with, say, 60-70 seats (Uttar Pradesh plus Punjab, Madhya Pradesh Haryana and other states), and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Jayalalitha (say with 30+ seats) or any other party or political bloc (non-BJP/non-Congress) able to get 35+ seats will dominate the post-election scenario.
Probability is that Mayawati with, say, 60-70 seats (Uttar Pradesh plus Punjab, Madhya Pradesh Haryana and other states), and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief Jayalalitha (say with 30+ seats) or any other party or political bloc (non-BJP/non-Congress) able to get 35+ seats will dominate the post-election scenario.
मायावती के घर तय होगा Third Front का भविष्य
BSP ने साफ़ कर दिया है, तीसरे मोर्चे को समर्थन तभी सम्भव है जब मोर्चा मायावती को प्रधानमंत्री का उम्मीदवार घोषित करे। मायावती ने रविवार को तीसरे मोर्चे के नेताओं को रात्रिभोज पर बुलाया है।
दिल्ली में हुमायूं रोड नहीं, बल्कि अब गुरुद्वारा रकाबगंज रोड बसपा की राजनीतिक गतिविधियों का केंद्र होगा। इस रोड पर स्थिति तीन बंगले न सिर्फ बसपा की नीतियों के विस्तार का केंद्र बनेंगे, बल्कि पार्टी सुप्रीमो व उत्तर प्रदेश की मुख्यमंत्री मायावती का आशियाना भी अब यहीं होगा। इतना ही नहीं, गैर कांग्रेस और गैर भाजपा राजनीति के हिमायती आठ दलों के नेताओं के बीच बात बनी तो नवगठित तीसरे मोर्चे का भविष्य भी आगामी रविवार को मायावती की ओर से वहीं दिए गए रात्रिभोज में तय हो जाएगा। बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती ने यहां दिल्ली में हुमायूं रोड स्थित अपने सांसदों के नाम आवंटित उन बंगलों को खाली कर दिया है, जिसमें उनका आशियाना था। अब वहां सन्नाटा है। फिर भी उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस का एक सिपाही आवास की रखवाली में अब भी तैनात है। इस बीच, गुरुद्वारा रकाबगंज रोड पर रौनक बढ़ गई है। इस रोड पर एक दूसरे से सटे तीन बंगले (12, 14 व 16) पार्टी के कब्जे में हैं। बंगला नंबर 12 व 14 पर कांशीराम स्मारक ट्रस्ट का बोर्ड लगा है, जिसमें बहुजन प्रेरणा स्थल भी बना हुआ है। सूत्रों की मानें तो अब बंगला नंबर 14 बसपा प्रमुख मायावती का आशियाना होगा। उम्मीद है कि रविवार को तीसरे मोर्चे के घटक दलों के नेताओं का रात्रिभोज भी यहीं होगा। बंगला नंबर 16 में पार्टी का राष्ट्रीय कार्यालय बनाया गया है। मायावती का आवास, बहुजन समाज प्रेरणा स्थल और बसपा का राष्ट्रीय कार्यालय एक साथ हो जाने से यहां उत्तर प्रदेश शासन की सरकारी गाडि़यों और उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस व प्रशासन के अफसरों की तैनाती व आवाजाही से यह सड़क गुलजार हो गई है।
दिल्ली में हुमायूं रोड नहीं, बल्कि अब गुरुद्वारा रकाबगंज रोड बसपा की राजनीतिक गतिविधियों का केंद्र होगा। इस रोड पर स्थिति तीन बंगले न सिर्फ बसपा की नीतियों के विस्तार का केंद्र बनेंगे, बल्कि पार्टी सुप्रीमो व उत्तर प्रदेश की मुख्यमंत्री मायावती का आशियाना भी अब यहीं होगा। इतना ही नहीं, गैर कांग्रेस और गैर भाजपा राजनीति के हिमायती आठ दलों के नेताओं के बीच बात बनी तो नवगठित तीसरे मोर्चे का भविष्य भी आगामी रविवार को मायावती की ओर से वहीं दिए गए रात्रिभोज में तय हो जाएगा। बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती ने यहां दिल्ली में हुमायूं रोड स्थित अपने सांसदों के नाम आवंटित उन बंगलों को खाली कर दिया है, जिसमें उनका आशियाना था। अब वहां सन्नाटा है। फिर भी उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस का एक सिपाही आवास की रखवाली में अब भी तैनात है। इस बीच, गुरुद्वारा रकाबगंज रोड पर रौनक बढ़ गई है। इस रोड पर एक दूसरे से सटे तीन बंगले (12, 14 व 16) पार्टी के कब्जे में हैं। बंगला नंबर 12 व 14 पर कांशीराम स्मारक ट्रस्ट का बोर्ड लगा है, जिसमें बहुजन प्रेरणा स्थल भी बना हुआ है। सूत्रों की मानें तो अब बंगला नंबर 14 बसपा प्रमुख मायावती का आशियाना होगा। उम्मीद है कि रविवार को तीसरे मोर्चे के घटक दलों के नेताओं का रात्रिभोज भी यहीं होगा। बंगला नंबर 16 में पार्टी का राष्ट्रीय कार्यालय बनाया गया है। मायावती का आवास, बहुजन समाज प्रेरणा स्थल और बसपा का राष्ट्रीय कार्यालय एक साथ हो जाने से यहां उत्तर प्रदेश शासन की सरकारी गाडि़यों और उत्तर प्रदेश पुलिस व प्रशासन के अफसरों की तैनाती व आवाजाही से यह सड़क गुलजार हो गई है।
Friday, March 13, 2009
Third Front का आगाज
तुमकुर (कर्नाटक), जासं/एजेंसियां : राष्ट्रीय राजनीति के तीसरे ध्रुव के तौर पर गुरुवार को Third Front फिर अस्तित्व में आ गया। कर्नाटक के तुमकुर जिले में मोर्चे के गठन की औपचारिक घोषणा की गयी। वाम दलों, तेदेपा व जद (एस) समेत कुल आठ दलों के इस तीसरे मोर्चे की रैली में सभी घटक दलों के नेता उपस्थित थे। रैली में अन्नाद्रमुक प्रमुख जयललिता तथा बसपा सुप्रीमो मायावती खुद तो नहीं थी, मगर दोनों ने ही अपने प्रमुख नेताओं को भेजकर तीसरे मोर्चे के प्रति समर्थन जताया। बीएसपी के जुड़ने से अब तीसरा मोर्चा अब कमजोर भाजपा और कांग्रेस गठबंधन के मुकाबले मजबूत विकल्प दिखाई देने लगा है। बीएसपी प्रधानमंत्री की दावेदारी से कम पर मानने को तैयार नही है।
अब 15 मार्च को मोर्चे के नेताओं की दिल्ली में मायावती के आवास पर बैठक होगी, जिसमें लोकसभा चुनाव की रणनीति तय की जायेगी। तीसरे मोर्चे के मुख्य संयोजक जद (एस) प्रमुख एच.डी. देवेगौड़ा ने इस अवसर पर कहा कि देश की दो धु्रवीय होती राजनीति में जनता को नया विकल्प देने के लिए ये तीसरा मोर्चा गठित किया गया है। उन्होंने कहा कि मोर्चे में शामिल दल देश में सत्ता के विकेंद्रीकरण के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हैं। उन्होंने मोर्चे को बसपा का समर्थन होने का दावा करते हुए कहा कि मायावती शायद सीटों में भागीदारी न रखें, मगर वे मोर्चे को पूरा समर्थन देंगी।
फिलहाल मोर्चे में आठ दल माकपा, भाकपा, आरएसपी, फारवर्ड ब्लाक, तेदेपा, टीआरएस, जद (एस) व हरियाणा जनहित कांग्रेस शामिल हैं। लेफ्ट फ्रंट को उम्मीद है कि उड़ीसा में भाजपा से संबंध तोड़ चुका बीजद भी मोर्चे में शामिल होगा। मोर्चे की ओर से प्रधानमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार की अभी कोई घोषणा नहीं की गई है। माना जा रहा है कि इस संबंध में भी घटक दल 15 मार्च की बैठक में ही फैसला करेंगे।
"It is the aim of the BSP to make Mayawati prime minister."
BSP's General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra at third front rally in Karnatak.
अब 15 मार्च को मोर्चे के नेताओं की दिल्ली में मायावती के आवास पर बैठक होगी, जिसमें लोकसभा चुनाव की रणनीति तय की जायेगी। तीसरे मोर्चे के मुख्य संयोजक जद (एस) प्रमुख एच.डी. देवेगौड़ा ने इस अवसर पर कहा कि देश की दो धु्रवीय होती राजनीति में जनता को नया विकल्प देने के लिए ये तीसरा मोर्चा गठित किया गया है। उन्होंने कहा कि मोर्चे में शामिल दल देश में सत्ता के विकेंद्रीकरण के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हैं। उन्होंने मोर्चे को बसपा का समर्थन होने का दावा करते हुए कहा कि मायावती शायद सीटों में भागीदारी न रखें, मगर वे मोर्चे को पूरा समर्थन देंगी।
फिलहाल मोर्चे में आठ दल माकपा, भाकपा, आरएसपी, फारवर्ड ब्लाक, तेदेपा, टीआरएस, जद (एस) व हरियाणा जनहित कांग्रेस शामिल हैं। लेफ्ट फ्रंट को उम्मीद है कि उड़ीसा में भाजपा से संबंध तोड़ चुका बीजद भी मोर्चे में शामिल होगा। मोर्चे की ओर से प्रधानमंत्री पद के उम्मीदवार की अभी कोई घोषणा नहीं की गई है। माना जा रहा है कि इस संबंध में भी घटक दल 15 मार्च की बैठक में ही फैसला करेंगे।
"It is the aim of the BSP to make Mayawati prime minister."
BSP's General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra at third front rally in Karnatak.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Elections 2009 (उम्मीदवार)
Delhi (National Capital )
Date of Election : 7 May
Candidates for Delhi ---------Constituency
Deepak Bhardwaj ---------------West Delhi
Asif Khan ---------------------East Delhi
Mustaqeem ----------- ---------Chandni Chowk
Haji Dilshad ---------------------Northeast Delhi
Trilok Chand Sharma ------------New Delhi
Rakesh Hansh -------------------North West Delhi
Kanwar Singh Tanwar -----------South Delhi
Haryana
Candidates for Haryana-------Constituency
Date of Election : 7 May
R D Goyal ------------------------Hissar
Kunwar Vikram Singh ------------Bhiwani-Mahendergarh
Rajesh Vaidh ---------------------Sirsa
DevRaj Diwan--------------------Sonipat
Chetan Sharma-------------------Faridabad
Date of Election : 7 May
Candidates for Delhi ---------Constituency
Deepak Bhardwaj ---------------West Delhi
Asif Khan ---------------------East Delhi
Mustaqeem ----------- ---------Chandni Chowk
Haji Dilshad ---------------------Northeast Delhi
Trilok Chand Sharma ------------New Delhi
Rakesh Hansh -------------------North West Delhi
Kanwar Singh Tanwar -----------South Delhi
Haryana
Candidates for Haryana-------Constituency
Date of Election : 7 May
R D Goyal ------------------------Hissar
Kunwar Vikram Singh ------------Bhiwani-Mahendergarh
Rajesh Vaidh ---------------------Sirsa
DevRaj Diwan--------------------Sonipat
Chetan Sharma-------------------Faridabad
Mayawati : (एक परिचय)
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has emerged as one of the main national political parties of India under the stewardship of its National President Kumari Mayawati. She is fourth-time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, which is the most populous state of the country having a population of about 170 million.So far as the strength in the India's parliament is concerned, it had a total number of 19 members in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian Parliament while it has a total of six MPs in the Rajya Sabha. But so far as the percentage of votes goes, it is just on the verge of jumping to No. 3 position after the ruling Congress and the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), relegating Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI-M to No. 4 position as per the official votes percentage released by the Election Commission of India after February-March 2004 general Lok Sabha elections.
The BSP has received over 1 crore 31 lakh (13.1million) votes in that election in Uttar Pradesh itself, out of a total of 2.07 crores (207,65,229-----5.33 per cent) it had received in the 25 States/Union Territories its had contested. The total votes were a little less than the CPI-M, which is facing stagnation so far as the number of votes is concerned at the national level.
Apart from this electoral success, the most significant point is that the BSP is fast emerging as a political party with a difference. The Party president Kumari Mayawati Ji, identified as Iron lady and a no-nonsense leader has emerged as a lady of new hope and aspirations to varied and a wide section of the society, particularly in the state of Uttar Pradesh, bordering national capital of New Delhi, which most often guides the political destiny of the country.
Committed and fully devoted to the missionary cause and cherished goal of "Social Transformation & Economic Emancipation" particularly to the people belonging to "Bahujan Samaj" (that comprises Backwards (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other backward classes) and Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Parsis of religious minorities) and poor from other sections of the society mainly the high caste people, Kumari Mayawati Ji, a spinster by mission, is regarded in the Indian politics with respect, reverence and awe as she is the only politician in the India having a mass appeal and firm hold and command over her voters and also the charishma to get mass vote bank transferred to any individual and to any party, a rare thing, of course, in the contemporary Indian politics.
Given the charishma of the BSP supremo, the two main political parties----the Congress and the BJP----are always looking keen to have an electoral alliance/understanding with it either at the national level or at least at the state level, but the march of "Elephant ", the election symbol of the Party is on and the "Blue" flag of the BSP is flying high under the strong and towering leadership of Kumari Mayawati, who is working assiduously with a missionary zeal to make them ruler of India to usher in here the golden era of Ashoka, the Great.
Apart from this electoral success, the most significant point is that the BSP is fast emerging as a political party with a difference. The Party president Kumari Mayawati Ji, identified as Iron lady and a no-nonsense leader has emerged as a lady of new hope and aspirations to varied and a wide section of the society, particularly in the state of Uttar Pradesh, bordering national capital of New Delhi, which most often guides the political destiny of the country.
Committed and fully devoted to the missionary cause and cherished goal of "Social Transformation & Economic Emancipation" particularly to the people belonging to "Bahujan Samaj" (that comprises Backwards (Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other backward classes) and Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Buddhists, Parsis of religious minorities) and poor from other sections of the society mainly the high caste people, Kumari Mayawati Ji, a spinster by mission, is regarded in the Indian politics with respect, reverence and awe as she is the only politician in the India having a mass appeal and firm hold and command over her voters and also the charishma to get mass vote bank transferred to any individual and to any party, a rare thing, of course, in the contemporary Indian politics.
Given the charishma of the BSP supremo, the two main political parties----the Congress and the BJP----are always looking keen to have an electoral alliance/understanding with it either at the national level or at least at the state level, but the march of "Elephant ", the election symbol of the Party is on and the "Blue" flag of the BSP is flying high under the strong and towering leadership of Kumari Mayawati, who is working assiduously with a missionary zeal to make them ruler of India to usher in here the golden era of Ashoka, the Great.
POLITICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:
November 1989 : Both she and the party, the BSP made debut in Parliament. Won Bijnore (reserved) Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh in the Ninth General Elections of 1989.
April 1994 : Elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, signaling her debut, as also of the party, in the Upper House of Indian Parliament
June 1995 : In 1995, Ms. Mayawati created history be becoming Indian's first Dalit woman chief minister, heading first Bahujan Samaj Party (Majority People's Party) government in India's most-populated state of Uttar Pradesh.
Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the largest state of India in terms of population 4-times:
November 1989 : Both she and the party, the BSP made debut in Parliament. Won Bijnore (reserved) Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh in the Ninth General Elections of 1989.
April 1994 : Elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, signaling her debut, as also of the party, in the Upper House of Indian Parliament
June 1995 : In 1995, Ms. Mayawati created history be becoming Indian's first Dalit woman chief minister, heading first Bahujan Samaj Party (Majority People's Party) government in India's most-populated state of Uttar Pradesh.
Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, the largest state of India in terms of population 4-times:
1. 1995 : 3 June, 1995 to 18 October, 1995
2. 1997 : 21 March, 1997 to 20 September, 1997
3. 2002 : 3 May, 2002 to 26 August, 2003
4. 2007 : 13 May, 2007 till date
(Now Target is to become PM after 2009 Loksabha elections )
1996-98 : Elected as a legislator. Elected from the two different constituencies of Uttar Pradesh-Harora (reserved) in Saharanpur district and Bilsi (reserved) in Budaun district. Represented the constituency of Harora in the state assembly, resigning from Bilsi seat as per the law.
21 March, 1997 : Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.
February 1998 : Elected for the second time in the 12th Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh's Akbarpur (reserved) parliamentary constituency in Ambedkar Nagar district.
February 1999 : Elected for the third time in the 13th Lok Sabha elections from Akbarpur (reserved) constituency.
14 April, 1999 : Senior journalist Mohammad Jamil Akhter's book, entitled "Iron Lady Kumari Mayawati", was released by Mr. Kanshi Ram Ji at a grand function in New Delhi on the occasion of Dr. Ambedkar's birth anniversary.
3 June, 2000 : Release of her own book book, "Bahujan Samaj Aur Uski Rajniti" (Bahujan Samaj and its Politics) by Mr. Kanshi Ram Ji at a function in New Delhi's Talkatora stadium on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first 'Bahujan Samaj' government in Uttar Pradesh.
15 December, 2001 : BSP architect and founder, Manyawar Shri Kanshi Ram Ji, declared her as the sole heir and political successor of him and the "Bahujan Movement" at a grand rally in the Lakshman Mela ground on the bank of river Gomti in the Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
February 2002 : Re-elected as a legislator in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Was declared a winner from the two constituencies-Harora (reserved) in Saharanpur district and Jahangirganj (reserved) in Ambedkar Nagar District. Represented Harora seat and resigned from Jahangirganj seat.
March 2002 : Resigned from Akbarpur (reserved) Lok Sabha seat.
3 May, 2002 : Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the third time.
18 September, 2003 : Assumed the office of Bahujan Samaj Party's National President after Mr. Kanshi Ram Ji suddenly fell seriously ill following a brain stroke.
April-May, 2004 : Elected for the fourth time in the 14th Lok Sabha elections from Akbarpur (reserved) seat in Uttar Pradesh.
July 2004 : After resigning from the Lok Sabha, elected for the second time as a member of the Rajya Sabha for a six-year term from Uttar Pradesh.
27 August, 2006 : Re-elected as National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party unanimously in an All India Delegate Conference held at Lucknow.
13 May, 2007 : Was administered oath for the office of the Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh fourth time after her party registered a comfortable majority win in the general elections for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, trouncing Samajwadi party, BJP and the Congress. 3 July, 2007 : Joined as member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council after elected unopposed in the by-election for the upper house of the state legislature. Declared that she chose to become MLC as she wish to concentrate on the development of all the 403 assembly constituencies of state assembly rather than my constituency only .... I am not Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who had diverted all the funds to develop his home area only.
1996-98 : Elected as a legislator. Elected from the two different constituencies of Uttar Pradesh-Harora (reserved) in Saharanpur district and Bilsi (reserved) in Budaun district. Represented the constituency of Harora in the state assembly, resigning from Bilsi seat as per the law.
21 March, 1997 : Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the second time.
February 1998 : Elected for the second time in the 12th Lok Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh's Akbarpur (reserved) parliamentary constituency in Ambedkar Nagar district.
February 1999 : Elected for the third time in the 13th Lok Sabha elections from Akbarpur (reserved) constituency.
14 April, 1999 : Senior journalist Mohammad Jamil Akhter's book, entitled "Iron Lady Kumari Mayawati", was released by Mr. Kanshi Ram Ji at a grand function in New Delhi on the occasion of Dr. Ambedkar's birth anniversary.
3 June, 2000 : Release of her own book book, "Bahujan Samaj Aur Uski Rajniti" (Bahujan Samaj and its Politics) by Mr. Kanshi Ram Ji at a function in New Delhi's Talkatora stadium on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the first 'Bahujan Samaj' government in Uttar Pradesh.
15 December, 2001 : BSP architect and founder, Manyawar Shri Kanshi Ram Ji, declared her as the sole heir and political successor of him and the "Bahujan Movement" at a grand rally in the Lakshman Mela ground on the bank of river Gomti in the Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow.
February 2002 : Re-elected as a legislator in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. Was declared a winner from the two constituencies-Harora (reserved) in Saharanpur district and Jahangirganj (reserved) in Ambedkar Nagar District. Represented Harora seat and resigned from Jahangirganj seat.
March 2002 : Resigned from Akbarpur (reserved) Lok Sabha seat.
3 May, 2002 : Became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the third time.
18 September, 2003 : Assumed the office of Bahujan Samaj Party's National President after Mr. Kanshi Ram Ji suddenly fell seriously ill following a brain stroke.
April-May, 2004 : Elected for the fourth time in the 14th Lok Sabha elections from Akbarpur (reserved) seat in Uttar Pradesh.
July 2004 : After resigning from the Lok Sabha, elected for the second time as a member of the Rajya Sabha for a six-year term from Uttar Pradesh.
27 August, 2006 : Re-elected as National President of the Bahujan Samaj Party unanimously in an All India Delegate Conference held at Lucknow.
13 May, 2007 : Was administered oath for the office of the Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh fourth time after her party registered a comfortable majority win in the general elections for the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, trouncing Samajwadi party, BJP and the Congress. 3 July, 2007 : Joined as member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council after elected unopposed in the by-election for the upper house of the state legislature. Declared that she chose to become MLC as she wish to concentrate on the development of all the 403 assembly constituencies of state assembly rather than my constituency only .... I am not Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav, who had diverted all the funds to develop his home area only.
Mayawati ही क्यों (Why Mayawati)
The Bahujan Samaj Party (बहुजन समाज पार्टी) is a national political party in India with socialist leanings. It was formed to chiefly represent Bahujans (OBC, SC, ST & Minorities), who are thought by some to be at the bottom of the Indian caste system, and claims to be inspired by the philosophy of Ambedkar. The ideology of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the "Bahujan Samaj ", which comprises of the Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Religious Minorities such as Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Buddhists and account for over 85 per cent of the country's total population. The people belonging to all these classes have been the victims of the "Manuwadi" system in the country for thousands of years, under which they have been vanquished, trampled upon and forced to languish in all spheres of life. In other words, these people were deprived even of all those human rights, which had been secured for the upper caste Hindus under the age-old "Manuwadi Social System".
The BSP was founded by the high-profile charismatic leader Kanshi Ram in 1984. The party's political symbol is an elephant. In the 13th Lok Sabha (1999-2004) it had 14 (out of 545) members and currently in the 14th Lok Sabha has 17. The party has its main base in Uttar Pradesh of Indian state, in UP the BSP has formed government several times. Mayawati is the President of the party and has been so for many years. The deep and mutual hostility between the BSP and the Samajwadi Party – the other leading state party in Uttar Pradesh, whose support is mainly obtained from the OBC has led the BSP into allying itself many times with its erstwhile ideological enemies, the BJP. On 23 June 2008, the party withdrew support of a Congress led alliance called the United Progressive UPA in the Indian Government.
Flag symbolizes Dalit Buddhist movement in India. BSP flag carries a white elephant instead of white Ashok Chakra.
On 11 May 2007 the Uttar Pradesh state assembly election results made BSP the first single majority party since 1991. After 15 years of hung assembly, BSP won a clear majority in India's most populated state. The BSP President Mayawati Kumari began as the new Chief Minister of UP for the fourth term. She took the oath of chief minister along with 50 ministers (cabinet and state rank) on 13 May, 2007 at Rajbhawan in the state capital Lucknow.
Flag symbolizes Dalit Buddhist movement in India. BSP flag carries a white elephant instead of white Ashok Chakra.
On 11 May 2007 the Uttar Pradesh state assembly election results made BSP the first single majority party since 1991. After 15 years of hung assembly, BSP won a clear majority in India's most populated state. The BSP President Mayawati Kumari began as the new Chief Minister of UP for the fourth term. She took the oath of chief minister along with 50 ministers (cabinet and state rank) on 13 May, 2007 at Rajbhawan in the state capital Lucknow.
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