Maya as the kingmaker of politics

DALIT QUEEN: Mayawati has spread her maya jaal and is all set to become the chief minister of UP.

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New Delhi: On May 11, 2007, a Dalit ki beti became the first politician to win an election on her own team.

Mayawati has spread her maya jaal and is all set to become the next chief minister of India’s most populous state.

And not only in UP, with 15 crucial seats in Lok Sabha and gained power from the Assembly elections, her say in national politics has also increased; so much so that she now virtually holds the key of next Presidential elections.

With a decisive verdict, Mayawati has made it clear that he has development in her agenda and not just punishing the SP leaders, though she has already announced an investigation against the Parliamentary Affair Minister of the outgoing government Azam Khan after it was found that his officers were burning official files and papers.

“Mulayam has already conceded defeat. Marey huey aadmi ko kya marna hai (What is the point in killing a dead person)? The people have already punished him,” said Mayawati.

While celebrations were there in the Mayawati camp, the SP headquarter had a desolate look. Mulayam admitted that he failed to read the mood of the public and only at 1500 hrs IST on Friday, he went to submit his resignation.

Mulayam has lost his toughest battle and blamed the Election Commission for his defeat after submitting his resignation to the Governor.

Meanwhile people of Badalpur, Mayawati’s own village, are elated and they are expecting roads to be built and electricity to comeback to the area. In fact, soon after it has become clear that Mayawati is going to form the next government, electricity has been restored in the village.

“We are extremely happy. The news of Mayawati becoming the chief minister is not only a good news for Badalpur, but also for the whole state,” said one villager.

Moreover the villagers not only want development for Badalpur, but also overall development of entire UP.

And for the national parties – the Congress and the BJP, it’s a complete wipe out.

For the Congress, Rahul Gandhi’s first political test gets thumbs down from the voters, with the party doesn’t even manage to hold on to its 25 seats.

However, on the issue of “complete wipe out of national parties”, Abhishek Manu Sinhvi of Congress said, though the party is not very satisfied or upset with its performance, the word “wipe out” is more appropriate for the BJP and “lack of improvement” or “not enough improvement” is applicable to the Congress as in comparison to last performance, the part has gone down by only four seats.

Describing the Congress’s expectation to get at least double the current figure, Singvi said the party is “definitely disappointed”. Despite the huge public interest and gathering, which raised the expectation, the interest didn’t convert into vote as “people rightly realised that it will be futile to caste a vote (for Congress) because it will not get them majority for a party,” said Singhvi.

Singvi, however, acknowledged that the social engineering done by Mayawati – in line of the Congress’s “rainbow of coalition” – has worked “brilliantly this time”.