Ms. Mayawati's Prime Ministrial Ambition!!!

[deepika]

I think what Jinnah did was a sane decision....if we wouldn't have opted for partition then today we would have been suffering like Iran,Iraq,Afganistan etc....Today what's happening in Pakistan would have happend in India....Muslims who seek Jihad would have never stayed peacefully here....what they do once in year(e.g terror in Bombay) they would have done everyday in our country....and little we could do when citizens living within our country would have done it...Hindus would have lived a miserable life....We curse him because of riots as a consequence of the partition which forced lot of people leave their homes and lost everything....but i am sure if that wudn't have happened at that point of time it would have happened till now with more nasty results in comparison...i am sure you wouldn't have wished for riots everyday....May be Jinnah had some vision behind doing that....So if Advani praised Jinnah its not such a big deal,so lets not blow out of proportion....Coin always have two sides
Now coming back to the topic....Mayawati is a really really sad choice in any case.I have already expressed my views and if i dont reply now on then please dont think that i have fallen short of answersi dont want to discuss this controversial discussion....it was indeed a good discussion,enjoyed it very much
Regards

There is something between praising and abusing. ...Just to keep quite and not to mention that name.. Mr Advani could have just kept quite on Jinnah..

RK^2

 

[vikassingh1]

I second this thought Sir. I conjecture that it summarises the reality in short.

About being a Dalit's daughter or anything else are just Leverage statements that any X, Y, Z politician will make in order to gain some ground to rest their demand of votes.

People are more to blame. Most do not care about any social upliftment or any cause for the society. Everyone wants a job for their son (who is probably not qualified enough) and immunity against the laws of the land which apply only to the 'weaker' sections of the society.(Sh*t, after all, always rolls down the hill)

The legal system has its own deficiencies/ loopholes which can not be realistically plugged. Accountability is hence low at all levels of governance/ beauracracy.

On the (somewhat) brighter side, we are a young democracy, we will learn, grow and survive eventually. Privatization and awareness/ literacy and global exposure is definitely helping in the long run scheme of things

Regards,
Vikas

We have to choose bad among the worst and I am not sure if that would eventually happen.

 

[cooljat]

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Am seriously taken by surprise to read respected person like RK uncle, advocating Mayawati as next PM, Strange!! Its kinda disheartening as well, certainly it'll be doomsday if she gets the PM seat.

I wonder what development work she has done so far? All I remember, she was busy with invading Tikket's village with 10 RTF companies, beating a engineer to death when he refused to give donation on her B'day, building up her own statue and again demolishing that and reconstructing a bigger one, firing all policemen appointed by Mulayam govt, n many more ..

She is running her dictatorship in UP and this is matter of shame for all of UP ppl specially Jats. Anways, if she gets appointed as PM .. India is DONE !!

I think you're missing couple of really well deserving candidates for PM .. one is Rajasthan PM Ashok Gehlot and other one is emerging n promising young leader Sachin Pilot. I feel both have good potentional to lead the Nation. I'll certainly be more than happy to see either Gehlot or Pilot as PM in future.

Thanks !


Rock on
Jit

 

[brahmtewatia]

On the (somewhat) brighter side, we are a young democracy, we will learn, grow and survive eventually.

[FONT=&quot]what is the definition of young democracy? you must better call india as 'banana' democracy. democracy is not for illiterate persons. 100 rupees nd a bottle of 'desi tharra' is tht what you call a democracy? even after 60+ years of independence... it seems we haven't yet begun. in the next decade we'll have the max no. of eating souls on planet earth... nd some morons are feeling happy tht our population is becoming our greatest asset... wat a stupidity... its just ridiculous !!! folks will realize tht one day, when we dont even have place to shyt.

it’s a pity tht these days we have been left with no other option than to chose btwn the bad nd the worst... thts so ironical... on top of tht we are now comparing susree mayawati ji with gandhiji... to me thts a shame. a national shame, indeed .

she is the most biased, revengeful nd venomous of the politicians in todays' s scenario. handling of tikait nd invoking NSA against varun is just the tip of the iceberg nd a glimpse of up to what extent she can go. whatever good she is doing or supposed to be doing is carved out of her well chalked out ambitious plans of being future indian PM. deepika had made some verty valid points in her several posts… especially when she says...

[/FONT]"She can pretend to be exceptionally nice till the time she becomes PM....but she would show her true colours once she gets the power...one can change the behaviour for sometime and pretend but basic never changes...Its in her blood"

# Removing yadav’s nd now inducting dalits… no difference
# This year Jan, I went frm delhi to ramgarh (dist. Nainital)… road conditions were a nightmare, stranded at simbhauli for 4 hrs in a jam.
# Mulayaam’s gundas removed… mayawati’s gunda’s are now inducted… tht makes no difference.
# Ganga expressway was bound to start… no special achievement here for mayawati, in fact it got delayed.
# Laying of concrete roads in up… kuchh to dikhana hai naa.

please don’t put any further shame on India by praising her out of proportion... or await for the DOOMS DAY.

SPOT ON !!!
v
v
v

And when did she start doing all this?She is following a well planned strategy and all is for one reason...do i need to mention?she has been a politician for quite a long time then how come only a bunch of people(other than Dalits)admire her?...had she been so qualifised and good everyone would have accepted her as PM...In our country a good politician never goes un-noticed...as we have only a few of them....Its not the first time she came in power then how come all these developments are recent?Search again on google and tell me the date also when she started all these developments Moreover its all been done to be in power for longer

 

[brahmtewatia]

Let me take you slightly back in Indian history to the dreass of Mahatma Gandhi. Churchil called him nacked fakir and made jokes of him. I suppose Ms Mayawati wears more cloths than Mahatma Gandhi.

does she have any other option ??? wish if she had ... otherwise, we might wud have called her contemptuously as "naked @#$%^&!" .

sir, you seems to be a bit overwhelmed with the recent developments tht you have witnessed in nd around delhi in UP... you may have a reason to feel a bit relieved seeing UP coming better after many unstable governments. my gut feeling is tht the far off remote areas in UP are still bad, even worse.

i even 'concur' with sangwan in his 1st page post .

 

[samarkadian]

Brahm Ji,


Lets call India a CHEEKU democracy then.These iliteriate people(including literiate as well) were the slaves for centuaries and when this piece of earth got the soverginity is not like very ancient compared to the places which are less populated,developed in their own definition of first world.But does the 'Utopia' exist anywhere on planet earth?

Being iliteriate is being Moron? Kindly elaborate.

Or lets ask, Is it Sub-Human? In 60 years of inependence if one is an established nuclear power and one of the promising market ( can use economy if it suits) because of the ''moronic-masses'' ; then start is not that bad for a country of snake charmers.I guess you did miss this word .We dont have any option among bad and worst..Why? Because most wise, literiates and sensible GOOD people are busy serving their own goodness.I may be wrong.Or probably the good ones dont have the balls to stand up and speak at the place where it is required.I may be wrong again.

I never knew that at JL we know the Blood-Characterstics of an leader and that too of mayawati.

Can we accept that she has come by electing irrespective of what the way she is? or Just is it too hurting for Jats not making in to those shoes in which she is? I mean to say are we blabbering out of insecurity of a literiate sensible non-moron elite masses? If in any case answer is Yes then who is lacking? Her or We?


Still I hope that for DOOMS day , THE Non-moron, Elite, literiate stuff will save the iliteriate moronic idiots.

By the way, just curious..Are you voting this time to avoid the shame from Mayawati?

Thanks.

[FONT=&quot]what is the definition of young democracy? you must better call india as 'banana' democracy. democracy is not for illiterate persons. 100 rupees nd a bottle of 'desi tharra' is tht what you call a democracy? even after 60+ years of independence... it seems we haven't yet begun. in the next decade we'll have the max no. of eating souls on planet earth... nd some morons are feeling happy tht our population is becoming our greatest asset... wat a stupidity... its just ridiculous !!! folks will realize tht one day, when we dont even have place to shyt.

it’s a pity tht these days we have been left with no other option than to chose btwn the bad nd the worst... thts so ironical... on top of tht we are now comparing susree mayawati ji with gandhiji... to me thts a shame. a national shame, indeed .

she is the most biased, revengeful nd venomous of the politicians in todays' s scenario. handling of tikait nd invoking NSA against varun is just the tip of the iceberg nd a glimpse of up to what extent she can go. whatever good she is doing or supposed to be doing is carved out of her well chalked out ambitious plans of being future indian PM. deepika had made some verty valid points in her several posts… especially when she says...

[/FONT]"She can pretend to be exceptionally nice till the time she becomes PM....but she would show her true colours once she gets the power...one can change the behaviour for sometime and pretend but basic never changes...Its in her blood"

# Removing yadav’s nd now inducting dalits… no difference
# This year Jan, I went frm delhi to ramgarh (dist. Nainital)… road conditions were a nightmare, stranded at simbhauli for 4 hrs in a jam.
# Mulayaam’s gundas removed… mayawati’s gunda’s are now inducted… tht makes no difference.
# Ganga expressway was bound to start… no special achievement here for mayawati, in fact it got delayed.
# Laying of concrete roads in up… kuchh to dikhana hai naa.

please don’t put any further shame on India by praising her out of proportion... or await for the DOOMS DAY.

SPOT ON !!!
v
v
v

 

[downtoearth]

jatlanders have discussed the way she talks ,dressing sense , looks ..hope further discussion is not regarding a perfect Match for her...

 

[anilsangwan]

जी हाँ भाई ...... मेरे ख्याल से तो यहाँ जाटलैंड पर लोगों का "कांग्रेस प्रेम" देख कर लगता है की मायावती को ही पी एम् बना देना चाहिए........ बहुजन समाज पार्टी की एक बार तो सरकार आणि चाहिए .....खिसियानी बिल्ली खम्बा नोचे वाली बात करण आले इन नकली कांग्रेस्सिया ने बेरा पाट जागा कि हाथी चाल पड़ा स हरियाने की और ..... और दिल्ली की ओर !!

एर एलेक्शना में कांग्रेस का योह इ हाल रह्या तो और कोई भाजे या ना भाजे .... कांग्रेस का "करनाल" वाला सांसद अरविन्द शर्मा जरूर माया मैडम की सुप्पोर्ट कर देगा..... याद स ना कि नुक्लीर डील के टाइम में खुद हूडा साब उस ने पकड़ कि ले गए थे दिल्ली ..... नहीं तो शर्मा जी ने खुल कर माया मैडम का सुपोर्ट कर दिया था ..... लेकिन उसके लिए शर्मा जी को अबकी बार इलेक्शन जीतना पड़ेगा ....जो की टेडी खीर लागे स मेंने .....

माया चढ़ गयी "हाथी" पर ..!
गोली मारें छाती पर ...!!

jatlanders have discussed the way she talks ,dressing sense , looks ..hope further discussion is not regarding a perfect match for her...

 

[anilsangwan]

जी हाँ भाईसाब .... माया मेमसाब की माया ऐसी है की कुछ गिने चुने लोगो को ही रास आती है ..... आर के अंकल जी को भी उनके करवाए हुए काम अछे लगते हैं | यह तो बहुत अछी बात है ... नहीं तो आजकल जनता किये हुए कामो को भूल जाती है ....

वैसे कोई इस बी एड मास्टरनी तें न्यू पूछे ...आक तेरे केन्ने इतनी प्रोपर्टी क्यूकर आई ? क्यूकर करोड़पति बन गयी कुछ इ साल में ? लेकिन पूछे कौण ? सेंटर में बैठे "कांग्रेसी" खुद इतने बडे चोर सें .... स्विस बैंको में इनका इ तो पैसा भरा पड़ा स .... ओर नहीं तो किसान मजदूर के अकाउंट सें के हुडे?

does she have any other option ??? Wish if she had :d... Otherwise, we might wud have called her contemptuously as "naked @#$%^&!" :d.

sir, you seems to be a bit overwhelmed with the recent developments tht you have witnessed in nd around delhi in up... You may have a reason to feel a bit relieved seeing up coming better after many unstable governments. My gut feeling is tht the far off remote areas in up are still bad, even worse.

i even 'concur' with sangwan in his 1st page post :d.

 

[raj2rif]

Divide and Rule

Dear Members,

There are a couple of points I would like to make here:

1. Firstly, our political parties have always tried to divide the communities to get to the power. It is precisely because of this reason, we speculate the outcome of elections on the basis of majority community in a constituency supporting a particular candidate. Ch. Charan Singh during the initial stages was able to establish a wider community in terms of "Farmers", and that is why he garnered the support of all communities. But we the "JATs" made him the JAT leader alone, and did more harm to him and his party then any one else.

2. We talk about issues in elections. What are the issues? Where is the debate on the issues? Most MP's I don't think even understand the issues themselves. How will they educate the voters about them.

3. People talk about a particular leader "Isne to bahut kaam kiya hai". Let me share with you what "Kaam" (Work) most leaders do. Every evening there is a "Baithak" of "Chamchas" at the political residence of the leader. There they decide how to share the booty from the post that leader just got. The raising of funds starts immediately probably for the next elections or to have a safe retirement.

4. Chamcha's get to the public as social workers (also called the loyal workers) and contact them about getting them or their relatives: transfers to better places where they can make more money by getting better bribes/ or to the posts where they can make more money by "Upar Ki Amdani" for which the public has to pay a handsome amount or certain percentage.

5. These Chamcha's or their friends/relatives get the contracts to build any road, or to complete any project (if at all they have decided to have one), where they share % of money with the "Kaam Karne Wala Politician". More often than not, the projects are started not to help the public but to make the money.

I may be totally wrong, for there might be many people on this site who either have a better experience or may be in the close circles of a few "Kaam Karne Wale Politicians". They will certainly be able to prove me wrong. I wish that I am wrong in my assessment. But what I am writing here, is what I have seen my self personally, and is not based on hearse.

Be it Ms. Mayawati, or any one else, a little can be expected from the current political environment where the vote is being casted based on religion, caste and so on. National issues are being talked about, but who the hell is interested in those issues. At the ground level the votes are still being cast on the Caste and religious basis. Purely from the administrative capabilities I think Mr. Narendra Modi looks a better candidate followed by probably Mr. Naidu. There is no doubt Dr. Manmohan Singh has the best resume and is an honest person, but his age, health, and lack of political following makes him a questionable candidate. I am surprised, that Congress party has not projected a second candidate. I am sure Mr. P Chidambaram may be equally qualified candidate for the post.

What we need is a candidate who is has following qualities:
1. Well educated and well read
2. Non controversial
3. Good orator who can be an impressive speaker at the world forums.
4. Clean image
5. Genuinly interested in public rather then his own party.

Can we find one from among the current candidates? I wish we could.

 

[anilsangwan]

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what we need is a candidate who is has following qualities:
1. Well educated and well read
2. Non controversial
3. Good orator who can be an impressive speaker at the world forums.
4. Clean image
5. Genuinly interested in public rather then his own party.

can we find one from among the current candidates? I wish we could.

बहुत ही बढ़िया पोस्ट अंकल जी | आप ने बिलकुल सही लिखा है ... चमचे खुद पैसा कमाकर देते हैं लीडर्स को ...ओर खुद भी खाते हैं .... जहाँ तक बात है "काम" की ..... तो आप ने सही कहा की काम लोगों के लिए नहीं होते.... काम होते हैं तो सिर्फ खुद पैसा कमाने के लिए .... कमीशन के लिए ......


कभी पंचकुला आओ तो देखना ...... MDC Sec 5 में एक बड़ा सा गेट बनन लाग रा स .... लाखों कि लागत से ... रोड के बीचों बीच .....मनसा देवी के मंदिर के नाम पर....... जबकि मंदिर वहाँ से ३ किलोमीटर दूर है...... पता है क्यूँ बन रा स वोह गेट? पिछले ३ साल से चल रहा है यह प्रोजेक्ट ..... पिछले साल ५ मजदूर मर गए थे दब कर ...सिर्फ "काम" शुरू करण खातिर ....काम अपने लोगा ने "टेंडर" देवन खातिर..... नहीं तो उस प्रोजेक्ट से किसी को कोई फायदा नहीं ..... कुछ लाभ नहीं .... लेकिन जनता कि गाढ़ी खून पसीने कि कमाई ने सरकार के जमाई खान लाग रे सें ......







कोई नेता जी से मामला फिट कर के नौकरी दिलवाने के लाखों ले लेता है .... कोई नेता जी की सिफारिस पर एजेंसिया ले लेता है .... और कोई प्लाट पर कब्जा ही करवा लेता है ...... कोई चेयरमैन बन जाता है चमची मार के ...कोई टिकेट ले गया अगले इलेक्शन में ..... कोई ठेके ले गया सड़क बनावन के ... कोई ठेके ले गया पार्टी का प्रचार करण के .... कोई पार्टी में ही छोटा मोटा पद पा कर स्थानिये अफसरों पर रॉब मारता है जैसे कि वही मुख्यमंत्री हो .....




काफी बार तो काम सिर्फ फाईलो में ही पूरे हो जाते हैं .... ओर कमीशन तथा ग्रांट पूरी की पूरी डकार ली जाती है | यह "कांग्रेस" इतनी सालो से और क्या कर रही है इस देश क साथ ? "बी जे पी" में भी होंगे ऐसे नेता ... लेकिन उन बिचारों को सिर्फ ६ साल मिले ....और उनकी भूख अभी बाकी है ........ बाकी के साल तो नेहरु से ले कर गली मोहल्ले क छुट-भैये नेता तक खा गए .....



........................................ एब्ब चर्ममाराट माचो तो माचो ... :rock :rock

 

[kuldeeppunia25]

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Am seriously taken by surprise to read respected person like RK uncle, advocating Mayawati as next PM, Strange!! Its kinda disheartening as well, certainly it'll be doomsday if she gets the PM seat.

I wonder what development work she has done so far? All I remember, she was busy with invading Tikket's village with 10 RTF companies, beating a engineer to death when he refused to give donation on her B'day, building up her own statue and again demolishing that and reconstructing a bigger one, firing all policemen appointed by Mulayam govt, n many more ..

She is running her dictatorship in UP and this is matter of shame for all of UP ppl specially Jats. Anways, if she gets appointed as PM .. India is DONE !!




I think you're missing couple of really well deserving candidates for PM .. one is Rajasthan PM Ashok Gehlot and other one is emerging n promising young leader Sachin Pilot. I feel both have good potentional to lead the Nation. I'll certainly be more than happy to see either Gehlot or Pilot as PM in future.

Thanks !


Rock on
Jit

mayawati ne te ghane galat kaam kare s bhai ...mayawati up me ar chotalla haryane me same to same .....han ek fark se ya dalit s ar apne alla mulla jat...

 

[yatinder19]

mayawati ne te ghane galat kaam kare s bhai ...mayawati up me ar chotalla haryane me same to same .....han ek fark se ya dalit s ar apne alla mulla jat...

ND bhaai........
Err bhaai Agar mayawati PM Bani to usme BJP ka support hoga...
Aur chautala BJP ke saath hai...

 

[anilsangwan]

ND bhaai........
Err bhaai Agar mayawati PM Bani to usme BJP ka support hoga...
Aur chautala BJP ke saath hai...

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जी सा आ जागा भाई .... कांग्रेस ने छोड़ कि चाहे "क्वात्रोची" ने बना दयो प्रधानमंत्री.....मेंने इन कांग्रेस्सिया कि आंख में धीद देखना स ....चौटाला साब ने अगर समर्थन दिया तो माया मैडम कि सर्कार ५ साल चाल्लेगी :rock :rock






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[rkumar]

Mayawati is a product of current political system. She is doing what all a politicians needs these days to survive in politics. She is not the first political leader who is revengeful. She is no match to Mrs Gandhi on this. Question is not of what I or anyone wishes. Question is of availability and who can make it to the top. If I have the choice I will like to see that 2/3rd of the MPs don't make to parliament. If I have choose only from the list I gave earlier, I see nothing wrong with Mayawati.

RK^2

 

[brahmtewatia]

Brahm Ji,

Lets call India a CHEEKU democracy then.These iliteriate people(including literiate as well) were the slaves for centuaries and when this piece of earth got the soverginity is not like very ancient compared to the places which are less populated,developed in their own definition of first world.But does the 'Utopia' exist anywhere on planet earth?

Being iliteriate is being Moron? Kindly elaborate.

Or lets ask, Is it Sub-Human? In 60 years of inependence if one is an established nuclear power and one of the promising market ( can use economy if it suits) because of the ''moronic-masses'' ; then start is not that bad for a country of snake charmers.I guess you did miss this word .We dont have any option among bad and worst..Why? Because most wise, literiates and sensible GOOD people are busy serving their own goodness.I may be wrong.Or probably the good ones dont have the balls to stand up and speak at the place where it is required.I may be wrong again.

I never knew that at JL we know the Blood-Characterstics of an leader and that too of mayawati.

Can we accept that she has come by electing irrespective of what the way she is? or Just is it too hurting for Jats not making in to those shoes in which she is? I mean to say are we blabbering out of insecurity of a literiate sensible non-moron elite masses? If in any case answer is Yes then who is lacking? Her or We?


Still I hope that for DOOMS day , THE Non-moron, Elite, literiate stuff will save the iliteriate moronic idiots.

By the way, just curious..Are you voting this time to avoid the shame from Mayawati?

Thanks.

ahahaha samar... you seems to be getting into the knack of catching me bare-footed [no pun intended <<< telling U tht for the 1st nd last time ]
let me try to reason out yr previous post...

Lets call India a CHEEKU democracy then.These iliteriate people(including literiate as well) were the slaves for centuaries
we still are slaves nd will remain slaves for decades to come... सलेवरी हमारी नस नस में व्यापक है .
But does the 'Utopia' exist anywhere on planet earth?
YES, it exists in our fantasies nd in this part of sub-saharan africa .
Being iliteriate is being Moron? Kindly elaborate.
NO... did i ever say that?
We dont have any option among bad and worst..Why? Because most wise, literiates and sensible GOOD people are busy serving their own goodness.I may be wrong.Or probably the good ones dont have the balls to stand up and speak at the place where it is required.I may be wrong again.
you damn RIGHT here... but having vry high expectations... 'steel balls' does not exist, even schwarzenegger doesn't have it .
I never knew that at JL we know the Blood-Characterstics of an leader and that too of mayawati.
you are underestimating JL... if given a chance they can do biopsy on 'mummies' of egypt .
Can we accept that she has come by electing irrespective of what the way she is? or Just is it too hurting for Jats not making in to those shoes in which she is? I mean to say are we blabbering out of insecurity of a literiate sensible non-moron elite masses? If in any case answer is Yes then who is lacking? Her or We?
NO i wont accept that. she is here on the basis of so called 'caste system' (... err dalit's) in our banana demos+kratos, nd by personal favours wch she did for mr. kanshi ram. cant say abt other jats, but m getting cramps in my belly nd my physiological system is choking with constipation... besides i dont carry a picture-perfect image nd i've voted for 'being judgmental' .
By the way, just curious..Are you voting this time to avoid the shame from Mayawati?
Naah... spending 5 days working earned leave + 60k INR bucks... my banana demos+kratos not tht much worth it... well i'm hoping to see 'internet voting' in not too far distant future .

i guess, now we must get down to the topic nd start looking for... "A Dalit's daughter in each state to help the nation, and one off course for the center"

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Democracy gives everyone a equal right to boast,brag and fool around.

here i 'concur' whole-heartedly !!!

 

[brahmtewatia]

Mayawati is a product of current political system.

sir ji... but i thot tht she is a product of kanshi ram .

 

[samarkadian]

Naah... spending 5 days working earned leave + 60k INR bucks... my banana demos+kratos not tht much worth it... well i'm hoping to see 'internet voting' in not too far distant future .

Thanks Brahm Ji. I appreciate.

 

[nand521]

bhai sahab kalyug main jamin aur kamin ki kimat sabse jyada bad rahi hai

aap se bilkul sahmat hu bhai zamin aur kamin ki kimat bad rahi hai,, parcha pade bina bashan nahi de sakti , wakai saram ki baat ho gi jis din wah pm ban gai

 

[ssgoyat]

<<"Untouchable" Seeks power in Indian Politics>>


LUCKNOW, India (AP) Her father was a low-level government clerk from a caste so poor and uneducated it was shunned for centuries as "untouchable." Her mother was illiterate.

But the daughter they named Mayawati sought a different destiny. She wanted political power, diamonds and she'll tell you a chance to help India's forgotten people.

She wanted to build monuments to her heroes, memorials that would swallow up acres (hectares) of this ancient city. Eventually, she got all that.

Now, as the nation of 1.2 billion people heads into a national election starting Thursday, she has an even larger goal: to run all of India. In this election, a Herculean effort that stretches across four weeks and 800,000 polling stations, Mayawati lets no one forget that she emerged from a family of Dalits as "untouchables" are now called to run Uttar Pradesh, a politically powerful state with a population larger than France, Britain and Spain combined.

And with India's political scene increasingly fractured, and national parties scrambling for allies, she now dreams of becoming a national leader a long shot, but not an impossible one in the increasingly divided politics of the world's biggest democracy. The mere fact that a Dalit is under discussion for prime minister reflects the huge change sweeping India this decade.

Caste-based parties have existed for years in India, chiefly at state level, and caste discrimination is illegal, but the vast majority remain desperately poor and ill-educated. Mayawati says she'll end all that.

"I brought so much change to Uttar Pradesh, and if I'm elected prime minister I can do the same to the whole country," she said at a recent campaign rally. Mayawati, who has only one name, seldom looked up from her notes as she spoke, her words stiff and nasal.

A short woman, she wore a matronly tunic and carried an outsized brown purse. It was hard to see her charisma.

But thousands of voters applauded when she promised to bring jobs, clean water and an end to India's religious divides. "She's from a poor family," said Abdul Rehman, an 82-year-old farmer.

"She understands what people are going through here, because we are poor too." Her critics deride her as the "Queen of the Dalits.

" Her supporters call her "Behenji" Sister. The 53-year-old former schoolteacher has made her name by skillfully navigating the country's political maelstrom, creating a voter base among her sub-caste the shoemaking chamars and then forging alliances-of-the-moment with anyone else who could help her career.

In 2007, she stunned India by allying with Uttar Pradesh's upper castes, and returned to power as the state's top official by bringing together communities traditionally at odds. Technically, she's not running in this election.

Instead she's campaigning for her Bahujan Samaj Party, hoping it can amass enough power to propel her into the top job. India's constitution allows almost anyone to become prime minister as long as they win a parliamentary seat within six months of taking office, She portrays herself as a defender of the oppressed, a single woman dedicated only to politics, and blasts India's main parties for clinging to power.

"In all these decades, the poor have become poorer and the oppressed Dalits have only seen more sufferings," she said at another speech. But despite such talk, it can be hard to see beyond the troubles of Uttar Pradesh and its 180 million people.

It is a place ravaged by disease and lawlessness, where nearly half the population lives below the poverty line and even the state government Web site notes that "Life in Uttar Pradesh is short and uncertain." It is also riven by corruption, and Mayawati is among dozens of officials facing investigations into their finances.