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मायावती (जन्मः १५ जनवरी, १९५६, मायावती नैना कुमारी) एक भारत की एक राजनीतिज्ञ महिला होने के साथ-साथ उत्तर प्रदेश की पूर्व मुख्यमन्त्री हैं। वे बहुजन समाज पार्टी (बसपा) की नेता भी हैं। सन् २००७ के विधानसभा चुनावों में इनकी पार्टी ने राज्य में पूर्ण बहुमत प्राप्त किया और उसके बाद इन्होंने मुख्यमन्त्री का ...
The feisty and single Kumari is the first untouchable, or Dalit, woman to become the head of an Indian state, and this is her fourth term in office. , positive
Mayawati Kumari, of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state addresses her supporters during a political rally on April 6, 2009 in Palwal, India. , positive
Ms Mayawati's garland of 1,000 rupee notes is being investigated by the taxman
The first woman Dalit (formerly "untouchable") chief minister of an Indian state, Kumari Mayawati, is celebrated by those at the bottom of the Hindu caste system as their champion, but also criticised for amassing vast personal wealth. Standing in the afternoon heat close to the banks of the Gomti River, looking down from a flyover on a vast monumental park, you would be forgiven for wondering whether the sun is playing tricks on you.
Is it a mirage?
A row of 60 giant elephants, carved from ...
Allotment of paramilitary forces for Ayodhya inadequate: Mayawati government
The Uttar Pradesh government today said the allotment of 52 companies of paramilitary forces to maintain law and order in the state in the aftermath of the judicial verdict on the Ayodhya title suit was insufficient. The state had requested the Union government to provide 642 companies of paramilitary forces but only 52 had been given to it, UP secretary (home) Deepak Kumar told reporters in Lucknow. "This number is insufficient to deal with the situation post Ayodhya verdict," he said after a high-level ...
Ms. Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party won 21 seats. That is a gain on 19 in the last parliament but far behind the 50 predicted by some analysts. Even worse for Ms. Mayawati, her archrival in the state, the Samajwadi Party, scored 23 seats. The SP has been a key ally to the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance coalition government for almost a year. Congress and the UPA delivered a resounding victory Saturday and will return to power when the next government is formed. That will rid Ms. Mayawati of the chance to be a potential coalition partner, a perch from which she intended to make a big ...