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Mayawati

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  • Born 15 January 1956
  • Age 69
  • Birth Place New Delhi India
  • Profession Politician
  • Political Party Bahujan Samaj Party
  • In Office 18th Chief Minister Of Uttar Pradesh 3 June 1995 - 18 October 1995, Member Of Parliament, Lok Sabha 2004 - 2004, Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha 3 April 2012 - 20 July 2017
  • Residence Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mayawati BIOGRAPHY

Last Updated : 15 Jan 2025
Mayawati: A Dalit Icon and Uttar Pradesh’s Former Chief Minister Born January 15, 1956, Mayawati’s political journey is marked by her leadership of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Her four stints as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister (1995, 1997, 2002-2003, 2007-2012) represent a significant mi...

Mayawati PERSONAL LIFE

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Education Faculty of Law, University of Delhi, Kalindi College, Meerut University

POSITIONS HELD BY Mayawati

Position Tenure
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 3 June 1995 - 18 October 1995
Member of Rajya Sabha 3 April 2012 - 20 July 2017
Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly N/A
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 13 May 2007 - 15 March 2012
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh 3 May 2002 - 29 August 2003
Member of the 13th Lok Sabha N/A
Member of the 9th Lok Sabha 2 December 1989 - 13 March 1991

MAYAWATI NEWS

BSP chief questions his ‘maturity’: After his attack on BJP, Maya sacks nephew as her heir

May 08, 2024 5:35 am

In a post on X, Mayawati said Akash won't be reinstated until he attains "maturity"

In UP push, Mayawati's new playbook: upping rallies for BSP faces, all-community outreach, targeting BJP

May 07, 2024 7:42 pm

Deviating from her past template of 'limited field exposure' seen by many as one of the factors for BSP's decline, Mayawati has been stepping up campaign in every LS seat

Maya targets Congress, BJP’s ‘tall claims’: ‘Both parties against quota’

May 05, 2024 4:57 am

Stressing that vacant posts for reserved categories in government jobs have not been filled, Mayawati said that during the Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh "reservations in job promotions were ended".

Days after being booked in poll code case, Mayawati nephew calls off 2 rallies; BSP cites ‘personal reasons’

May 07, 2024 6:46 pm

Auraiya district encompasses parts of both the Etawah and Kannauj Lok Sabha constituencies, both of which are scheduled for polling in the fourth phase on May 13

Mayawati nephew Akash Anand booked for ‘promoting enmity’, poll code violation

April 29, 2024 12:22 pm

Three BSP candidates — Mahendra Yadav, Shyam Awasthi, Shyam Awasthi, and Akash Kalra — and 36 others including the organiser of the rally, Vikas Raghuvanshi, have also been named in the FIR.

LS polls: BSP fields Ravi Prakash Maurya from Amethi

April 28, 2024 10:40 pm

Voting will be held in all seven phases for a total of 80 seats in UP.

BSP No. 2 Akash Anand: 'If we keep attacking PM, BJP, there will be retaliation... So, if it hurts our people, Behenji won't do it'

April 25, 2024 10:15 am

'INDIA and NDA alliances have made so many commitments. We don't ally with them as their track records don't indicate its fulfilment... Behenji has held that BSP is open for a post-poll tie-up,' BSP national coordinator and Mayawati’s political successor tells The Indian Express

Mayawati promises to work for separate state comprising districts of western UP

April 23, 2024 5:45 pm

The former Uttar Pradesh CM alleged that the quota facility meant for the Dalits, adivasis (STs) and OBCs in government jobs has not been filled up in the country for years and the quota in promotions for the SCs/STs has also been made ineffective.

As Rajput anger against BJP simmers in west UP, Mayawati and Akhilesh sense an opportunity, take aim

April 22, 2024 10:44 pm

While the BJP’s lone Rajput candidate in west UP in phase 1 passed away on Saturday, there are no Thakur candidates from the eight seats in the region that go to polls on April 26.

Decode Politics: Why Mayawati’s west UP statehood promise has ruffled feathers

April 22, 2024 10:44 pm

The Mayawati government in 2011 passed an Assembly resolution on dividing the state into west UP, central UP, east UP and Bundelkhand, citing the ease of administration. Since then, the issue has largely fizzled out

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