RSS FeedsThe politics of Mayawati
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07 May
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I’ve begun to like the Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati. No, she’s not my ideal, but given the current crop of politicians our country has been cursed with, I think she has the “thing” in her. A few days ago I cringed when I read that she one days aspires to be the prime minister of India. But that was a biased, spontaneous reaction, and not prudent cogitation. I mean, once we have had Manmohan Singh as our Prime Minister, and people like Sonia Gandhi and Arjun Singh lurking in the corridors of power, how low could we go, socio-politically? Considering that, I want to see Mayawati as our PM.
Most of our politicians are evil, and they are stupid. No one has political acumen. They are manipulative, they are cunning, they are worse then the mafia, but when it comes to politics, they know nothing. Even if some have good intentions, they don’t know how to show those intentions. Mayawati knows her politics. She has shown all signs of political and ideological evolution. She is not stuck with her own views of the world.
There was a time when she hated all the castes above the scheduled castes, and hence the slogan tilak, tarazu or talwar inko maro jute char (thrash the Brahmin, the Bania and the Rajput). She wanted to eliminate the Manuwadi mentality the country is dominated by. And now, adapting to the new political milieu (Jitni jinki sankhya bhari, Utni unki hissedari — you get the share according to your number), she is embracing the same Manuwadis to further her political ambitions, and I think, for our caste and religion-ridden country, this is a good sign. In the ongoing UP elections her party gave 139 tickets to the upper castes, making a dent into the BJP vote bank. If the trend goes on, very soon she’ll be including the Muslims too.
Although the axe of the Taj corridor project controversy hangs low over her, sooner or later she is going to form a government in UP, and a time might come when all the communities from all the religions and castes might work together.
And they say there was some semblance of governance when she was the chief minister of UP.
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May 7th, 2007 at 5:53 pm
[…] Amrit is pretty impressed with the Politics of Mayawati. We have seen a Dalit President and a Dalit Chief Justice. It will be nice to see a Dalit on PM chair too. Most of our politicians are evil, and they are stupid. No one has political acumen. They are manipulative, they are cunning, they are worse then the mafia, but when it comes to politics, they know nothing. Even if some have good intentions, they don’t know how to show those intentions. Mayawati knows her politics. She has shown all signs of political and ideological evolution. She is not stuck with her own views of the world. Linked by Krish […]
May 8th, 2007 at 10:03 am
If you look at the politicians of the late 20th century, specially the dalits, there is only one name, Kanshi Ram, mentor of Mayawati. He struggled and rose rather evolved in the system but Mayawati never evolved any of the doctrines related to the emancipation of the less privileged. She is a opportunist and always puts her prejudices before the decisions of her party, needs of RAJNITI and ofcourse needs of the society. I support to some extent”Jitni jinki sankhya bhari, Utni unki hissedari”, but this doctorine also has limitations. Read about Kanshi Ram.
May 8th, 2007 at 10:06 am
I am of the same opinion.It will good for India to have Mayawati as the PM.Unity of all Religions and Cates under BSP will be real.
I hope you are visiting http://buddhist.ambedkar.org
Kindly send me your emaill address.
With regards and lots of metta
JC
May 8th, 2007 at 12:12 pm
@Karnail: I’m sure Kanshi Ram was the real founder, but since he is dead, it’s appropriate to talk about Mayawati as a probable political power.
@Jagadeeshan: You can contact me via this contact form :-).
May 13th, 2007 at 1:42 pm
Revolutions are seldom started at the bottom by pure idealistic and non-manipulative down-trodden urchins. Most who are later idealized as patriots in future histories were less than perfect, and did make compromises for the sake of political games necessary for the acquisiton of power, but their sins are forgiven if on balance progress is made. There can be room for the naïveté of enthusiastic supporters when balanced by the inherent inertia of the status quo. Sometimes the games end without injury. It’s possible. So I imagine a fantasy
At A Rally For Mayawati
For a feat,
rose petals
at their feet
Her beauty
stuns my ignorance
My friend
is so exuberant
so endowed in joy
I cast aside
my bias
When I laugh
embraced by her,
I am merely
superior caste
of birth
unearned by virtue, but
in our revelations
that we have been, and
always will be,
I cast rose petals
at our feat
I rejoice at her rally
unashamed to
light her fireworks
be doused by colored powders,
share sweets
I will be your Dalit
if you will be my Brahmin
Utterly enmeshed
in Uttar Pradesh,
we are elected
to a parliament of love
— Douglas Gilbert
Free Verse Poetry