Who will be the next PM? While political analysts believe that BSP could emerge as a major player in the next Lok Sabha. While hopes of Mayawati becoming the next PM is high; she needs to clear her image before becoming the leader of the nation..AFTER MANMOHAN who? This is the question on everybody’s lips right now. Speculations are rife in the political circle about the possible alternative in case the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) fails to win the trust vote on July 22. While the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made it clear that it would prefer general elections rather than heading any sort of temporary alliance. Well, it won’t mind a Prime Minister (PM) from parties other than Congress for a short stint of one year. With leaders of various political parties working on to create alliances, the vote of confidence could result in re-alignments not just at the centre but also in the states. The only leader left is Mayawati, who can be considered for the PM post. In politics, such possibilities do happen.
Among other regional parties, the Telugu Desam has come up with an idea of supporting the proposal for making Mayawati the next PM of India. Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s (TRS) also supported this move. Many of her political friends believe she is prime ministerial material. Given her meteoritic rise in recent times, Mayawati can be the woman of the moment. As political analysts feel that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) may emerge as a major player in the next Lok Sabha, the elevation of its chief to the PM’s post is very much on the cards. The national Democratic Alliance (NDA) and UPA along with other smaller parties will lend support to Mayawati if she is chosen to head the government at the centre.
If selected, Mayawati, one of the most maverick politicians and chief minister of India’s largest state with a population of 160 million people, would be the first Dalit PM of India. On the national politics, only late Jagjiwan Ram got the honour of reaching to thepost of deputy PM of India during Janta Party’s regime. In recent times, Mayawati or ’behenji’ as she is called has emerged as the most influential low-caste politician in India’s history. Whether she will become the PM remains to be seen. But her importance in the current political imbroglio can not be denied.
With her resounding victory in the last Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in 2007, Mayawati stunned all political pundits and defeated all major opponents, shaking up the country’s traditional political order, which has been dominated by upper caste inclination. Her triumph is the victory of democracy though her critics especially Mulayam Singh Yadav rates her as crude politician. Of late, she has been accused of corruption because of her unprecedented wealth.
As a vital ally, Mayawati’s BSP can play a crucial role in government formation at the centre, and as she is bent on voting against the motion, BJP and other allies who are opposed to Manmonah Singh’s N-deal may prove to be decisive. Since Samajwadi Party (SP) came to the rescue of Mayawati, the UP CM has sharpened her attacks on Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav. She is not sparing Congress Party leaders as well; especially, her target of attack has been Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru dynasty, for touring UP villages and eating and sleeping in low-caste homes. In Rahul’s growing bonhomie with Dalits, she sees the erosion of her Dalit votes.
Corruption is in fact the most serious criticism against Mayawati. The latest accusations surfaced this month when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plans to go ahead with the probe regarding the disproportionate wealth that she has accumulated. Her wealth just a year ago was four crore, which increased to 52 crore! She has a villa in the elite diplomatic enclave of New Delhi, and about five crore in bank accounts. Though Mayawati promptly denied the charges as politically motivated, she has to come clean if she is to be selected for the PM post. Just wait and watch out. source: http://india.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=137819
Among other regional parties, the Telugu Desam has come up with an idea of supporting the proposal for making Mayawati the next PM of India. Telangana Rashtra Samiti’s (TRS) also supported this move. Many of her political friends believe she is prime ministerial material. Given her meteoritic rise in recent times, Mayawati can be the woman of the moment. As political analysts feel that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) may emerge as a major player in the next Lok Sabha, the elevation of its chief to the PM’s post is very much on the cards. The national Democratic Alliance (NDA) and UPA along with other smaller parties will lend support to Mayawati if she is chosen to head the government at the centre.
If selected, Mayawati, one of the most maverick politicians and chief minister of India’s largest state with a population of 160 million people, would be the first Dalit PM of India. On the national politics, only late Jagjiwan Ram got the honour of reaching to thepost of deputy PM of India during Janta Party’s regime. In recent times, Mayawati or ’behenji’ as she is called has emerged as the most influential low-caste politician in India’s history. Whether she will become the PM remains to be seen. But her importance in the current political imbroglio can not be denied.
With her resounding victory in the last Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP) in 2007, Mayawati stunned all political pundits and defeated all major opponents, shaking up the country’s traditional political order, which has been dominated by upper caste inclination. Her triumph is the victory of democracy though her critics especially Mulayam Singh Yadav rates her as crude politician. Of late, she has been accused of corruption because of her unprecedented wealth.
As a vital ally, Mayawati’s BSP can play a crucial role in government formation at the centre, and as she is bent on voting against the motion, BJP and other allies who are opposed to Manmonah Singh’s N-deal may prove to be decisive. Since Samajwadi Party (SP) came to the rescue of Mayawati, the UP CM has sharpened her attacks on Amar Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav. She is not sparing Congress Party leaders as well; especially, her target of attack has been Rahul Gandhi, scion of the Nehru dynasty, for touring UP villages and eating and sleeping in low-caste homes. In Rahul’s growing bonhomie with Dalits, she sees the erosion of her Dalit votes.
Corruption is in fact the most serious criticism against Mayawati. The latest accusations surfaced this month when the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plans to go ahead with the probe regarding the disproportionate wealth that she has accumulated. Her wealth just a year ago was four crore, which increased to 52 crore! She has a villa in the elite diplomatic enclave of New Delhi, and about five crore in bank accounts. Though Mayawati promptly denied the charges as politically motivated, she has to come clean if she is to be selected for the PM post. Just wait and watch out. source: http://india.merinews.com/catFull.jsp?articleID=137819
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