Who is Kumari Mayawati?
The Next Prime Minister of India?
Kumari Mayawati is the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradish. It is one of the largest states in India. As I have been assessing election prospects and the battles both at the national and the regional level, I ran across her name. She seems to have emerged as one of the key powerbrokers. She is the President of Bahujan Samaj Party and a leading member of the so-called Dalit caste. Is she a change agent, though?
There is no question that India is changing. I think that Gandhi's dream of banishing caste from Indian hearts and minds is yet to be realized. The fact that a member of a lowe caste has been able to move up the minimal reading and research I have done on the Indian "Iron Lady" seems to point to change that will truly transform India. There is open talk of her going all the day. As I visited her Party website and the online State Government portal, she is quite eloquent and active in her opposition to the current UPA Government. Elections will be over May 16 and the Parliament has to sit by June 2. So, We shall see!!!
Mike Pouraryan
