Kumari Mayawati, Bahujan Samaj Party National President, Chief Minister of Uttar Pardesh, BSP National President, Bahujan Samaj Party Leader, BSP Leader, Bahujan Samaj Party, iron lady kumari mayawati, iron lady, Honourable Sister

KUMARI MAYAWATI

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) or Majority People's Party is one of the only five prominent national political parties of India, which is the largest democracy of the world.

• Chief Minister, Uttar Pradesh (Fourth-time)

• National President, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)

• Member of Uttar Pardesh Legislative Council

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Electoral Performance

Critical Inputs / Quotes

NEWS & EVENTS

"BJP IS KING COBRA, CONGRESS IS A SNAKE"

'Seedhi Baat' on 'AAJ TAK' channel

BSP Chief Kum. Mayawati spoke to editor Prabhu Chawla on her political foes and conspiracy theories.

Ques. Your life has been full of struggles.
Ans. The secret of my success is my struggles.

Ques. Your rivals say that you win due to your defection policy.
Ans. How can I, a National Party chief, join another party?

Ques. What they mean is you always change your allies.
Ans. Whatever I do is in the national interest or that of the Bahujan Samaj.

Ques. You threatened to withdraw support from the UPA Government. Was that because of national interest?
Ans. I am the voice of the Bahujan Samaj, which comprises 85 per cent of this country's population. If anyone attacks on this "voice", it is not just an attack on me, but also on the Bahujan Samaj.

Ques. There's a gap between your actual and declared assets.
Ans. Let me clear everything on the Taj corridor issue. It was basically the BJP government's project, initiated by Rajnath Singh govt. Later they mischievously trapped me in this case. The total budget for this project was Rs 175 crore, out of which my govt had released just 17 crores. The Congress also wants to derive political mileage out of this. The BJP and Congress are no different from each other-if one is king Cobra, the other is a Snake.

Ques. But the Congress used its pressure and the CBI gave a clean chit to you.
Ans. It's all a conspiracy against me. The CBI has given a clean chit to all the accused, whereas the officers who are guilty ought to be punished. They simply want to disturb me so that I fail to do my work for the Bahujan Samaj.

Ques. Isn't your aim just to threaten the Government?
Ans. No, but in the interest of Bahujan Samaj, I will do anything.

Ques. It means that either the CBI withdraws the case against you or you withdraw support to the UPA Government.
Ans. I have never said that. But I have not given unconditional support to the UPA Government either.

Ques. Don't you feel the Congress has cheated you?
Ans. The Congress policy will be a curse for Congress itself. It is running the Samajwadi Party's government in Uttar Pradesh.

Ques. Can the Congress topple the state Government?
Ans. You should ask this question to Congress.

Ques. In your Party, Party tickets for elections are sold.
Ans. Unlike the BJP or the Congress, we are not dependent on funds given by industrialists. We are funded by our Party workers.

Ques. What is your opinion about "politicisation of criminals" & "criminalisation of politics"?
Ans. I have never supported this. All the political parties should sit together and frame a policy on this. Only then we can fight and control this menace.