F1 race: Mayawati, Jaypee show Delhi, Gurgaon how to get it right

In many ways, the much maligned Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, who lent her quiet support to the event, the F1 circuit builder Jaypee Group and the Greater Noida administration not only salvaged some of India's prestige , but also held out a lesson to the babus of Delhi and Gurgaon where multiple authorities and myriad permissions often throttle attempts to hold international events.

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Mayawati bursts Narendra Modi's economic growth myth

"NEW DELHI: Gujarat is the flag-bearer of economic growth in recent years and Uttar Pradesh a laggard turns out to be a myth. Both the states have more or less matched the national average over the last five years.

Among the six poll-bound states -Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa, UP and Gujarat - Uttarakhand and Punjab top the growth charts. Uttarakhand has seen its net state domestic product (NSPD) grow by 103% and Punjab has witnessed 86% growth as compared to Gujarat (79%), Goa (77%), UP (76%) and Manipur (51%). The Indian economy grew by 77% during this period."

UP's NSDP at current prices was pegged at Rs 2, 56, 000 crore in 2005-06. At the end of 2009-10, it had reached Rs 4, 53, 000 crore. The Mayawati-ruled state has performed on a par with Narendra Modi's Gujarat, which saw its economy expand from Rs 2 lakh crore in 2005-06 to Rs 3.70 lakh crore last year.

The BSP supremo has been able to keep pace with showpiece UPA-ruled states like Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh as well. The economic expansion in Maharashtra was 78% during this period, while Andhra Pradesh accounted for 79%.

Among the bigger states, the top three were all ruled by the Opposition. Bihar clocked 110%, Chhattisgarh (104%) and Left Front-ruled West Bengal matched Uttarakhand's 103%. Gujarat was ranked 12th among the the bigger states, taking sheen off Modi's tall claims.

UP's performance in raising the per capita income was also commendable. The per capita income of the state rose 64% in the five years till last year as against Gujarat (69%), Maharashtra (78%) and Andhra Pradesh (79%).

The growth in per capita income of BJP-ruled Uttarakhand has been the highest among poll-bound states at 91%, followed by Punjab (73%) and Manipur (40%). Instability in Uttarakhand and change of leadership made little dent in its economic expansion.

Despite the considerable improvement over the last five years, UP's per capita income remains at about half the national level of Rs 46,500 in 2010. Punjab at Rs 62,000 and Uttarakhand (Rs 55,800) are well above the national average. Ditto for Gujarat at Rs 63,900.

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Walk The Talk - Interview with Behan Mayawati Ji

Growth in Mayas UP on par with Guj

"Underfed kids mar Guj record: Report

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Despite impressive growth,Gujarat has not been able to reduce malnourishment levels while Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have done better in improving the lot of its marginalized dalits and tribals,says the India Human Development Report (HDR) 2011 released by the Centre on Friday.
With 69.7% kids up to age 5 anaemic and 44.6% suffering from malnutrition,Gujarat is among the worst performers,says the report.

Growth in Mayas UP on par with Guj

Uttar Pradesh grew on a par with Gujarat and kept pace with the national average in the past five years.Mayawati-ruled UPs economic growth was 76%;Gujarat grew 79%.The India average was 77%.P 13

The power of Mayawati’s park: Colossal, but not a waste | Firstpost

By Shiv Visvanathan

The political pundits have dismissed Mayawati’s Rs 684 crore Noida park as a colossal waste. It is colossal but it is not wasted. Her idea of monumentality demands excess and exaggeration. Power has to symbolise conspicuous waste. Narendra Modi does it one way, the Congress does it another way. All Mayawati is effectively saying is I can do it bigger and better.

Mayawati’s search for monumentality is interesting. The Indian democratic state hardly builds monuments except as PWD structures. Our great monuments are either Mughal or colonial, as witnessed by the Taj, Red Fort or Lutyens’ Delhi. Our idea of memory does not extend to monuments."

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Development in Uttar Pradesh - Thanks to BSP and Behan Mayawati Ji

Congress scared of my Dalit following: Mayawati

"Asserting that not a single Dalit vote will shift to the Congress or any other party not only in Uttar Pradesh but in any other part of India, she said the Congress had no place for Dalit icons and had ignored them during its long rule.

Referring to the various memorials dedicated to leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi on the western bank of the Yamuna river, she said she had set up memorials to Dalit leaders and icons on the eastern bank. The message was clear: if the west bank belongs to the Congress, the east bank was the BSP's."

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2537979.ece

The four challenges Mayawati has thrown at us in Noida | Firstpost

"The inauguration of the Rs 685 crore, state-funded Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati on Friday has been misread by almost all analysts.

The focus of the attacks on Mayawati have been on the size of expenditure involved and use of state funds for a private political project. But in Dalit politics, this is almost a non-issue. More important is the symbolism and challenges it throws up for Indian politics and society."

Mayawati has flung four challenges at us – and at herself – by inaugurating her 84-acre memorial.

Challenge No 1 is her not-so-covert attempt to make neo-Buddhism a key state project, overturning the general neutrality of the state in religious projects.

The 84-acre Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden is not exactly a religious shrine funded by the state – though there is a Buddha statue and we heard lots of Buddhist chanting in Friday’s ceremony – but the 84-acre Dalit heroes memorial and garden is reminiscent of kings of yore building triumphant temples and mosques to mark their victories and glory.

As Kancha Ilaiah, a Dalit writer said at a TV show the other night, the Sthal is Mayawati’s attempt to challenge the Hindu caste system and ethos pervading Uttar Pradesh (Ayodhya, Kashi, Varanasi) and paint it in Buddhist hue.

Challenge No 2 is the clear political goal of Mayawati: Delhi next. Of course, she still has the Uttar Pradesh elections to win next year, but the key to that election lies in raising Dalit sights further, since her performance in the state has – at best – been patchy. Raising the stakes helps her flock focus on bigger things instead of the non-delivery of any significant improvement in their lives.

Anything Mayawati does is done kingsize. Naresh Sharma

The symbolism of the Sthal is also in its location. Noida overlooks Delhi and is part of the National Capital Region. The location of the Ambedkar park here is indication of Mayawati’s way of saying: “My eyes are on Delhi.”

The Sthal, which hosts 15 statues of Dalit icons BR Ambedkar, Jyotirao Phule and Kanshi Ram apart from Mayawati herself, is a symbol of the Dalit challenge to the current caste dispensation.

Mayawati’s speeches also reflected the same aggression. She castigated Sonia Gandhi for refusing to help her with her CBI cases. She pre-empted the possibility of the Congress placing a Dalit like Meira Kumar in the top job just to fools Dalits. She blasted LK Advani for not starting his anti-corruption yatra in Karnataka, scene of a major illegal mining scam.

Challenge No 3 is shock and awe. Anything Mayawati does is done kingsize. She makes no bones about the size of her birthday cake. She wants expensive cars in her cavalcade. And she is brazen about her use of state funds for party and private purposes – as the erection of 20 statues of her party’s election symbol – the elephant – in Noida and other Ambedkar parks in Uttar Pradesh suggest.

If any other party had done the same thing, there would have been a hue and cry. Sure, parties opposing Mayawati have indeed kicked up a fuss about it. But this is precisely what she wants. When everyone attacks her, the Dalits have no option but to support her.

For Narendra Modi in Gujarat, the more the opposition attacks him personally, the more he consolidates his Hindu vote. This is what Maya is counting on with the Dalit vote, in which Rahul Gandhi is trying to make a dent.

By doing things of huge scale, she is also trying to overawe her Dalit vote and project power – which may go down well with the powerless. To the disempowered Dalit, the fact that Mayawati can cock a snook at her detractors among the upper castes is a matter of pride, not regret.

Challenge No 4 is her political caste combo. The Mayawati coalition is the exact inverse of the Congress coalition before the Babri-Ram Janmabhoomi agitation. The old Congress had the upper castes leading a Dalit and minority combo. Mayawati is going for the same combo with the Dalit on top and Brahmins playing second fiddle in Uttar Pradesh.

The hard act to follow is how she is going to attract the Muslim vote – or even retain the Brahmin and upper caste vote. The Buddha’s main focus of attack was a Brahminical system gone berserk in his time. But the overt return to the Buddha through Ambedkarite neo-Buddhism is not going to be easy to pull off in her current coalition. Neither Brahmins nor Muslims will be comfortable with this assertion.

But she is trying nevertheless.

In a few months time we will know if her strategy works. But no one can accuse her of pusillanimity.

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/the-four-challenges-mayawati-has-thrown-at-us-in-noida-108558.html

Greatness of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar -- A complete film by J. Patel

Important Speech of Saheb Kanshi Ram Ji -- Part 4 (Final Part)

Important Speech of Saheb Kanshi Ram Ji -- Part 3

Important Speech of Saheb Kanshi Ram Ji - Part 2

Important speech of Saheb Kanshi Ram Ji - Part 1

The Noida park will be opened by the chief minister Mayawati on October 14

"A 100-foot long pillar has been installed inside the park. It has apparently been designed as a symbol of national integrity. Apart from statues of Mayawati and Ambedkar, those of Kabeer Das from UP, Birsa Munda from Jharkhand, Guru Ghasidas from Chattisgarh, Jyotiba Phule from Maharashtra and Narayan Guru from Kerala too have been installed. "

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/noida/At-Mayas-dream-park-her-family-at-home/articleshow/10307560.cms

Transcript of an interview with Saheb Kanshiram -

Transcript of an interview with Saheb Kanshiram -

 

QUESTION: Why are you so hostile to all the national parties, especially the communists?

KANSHI RAM: To my mind, all parties represent the forces of status quo. For us, politics is the politics of transformation. The existing parties are the reason for the status quo. That is why there has been no upward mobility for the backward communities. The communist parties have become the biggest stumbling block in this regard. They keep talking about change, but work for status quo. The BJP is better, they never talk about change. So people never feel duped. Parties like the Congress and communists talk about abolishing poverty, but work towards keeping people poor. If the poor are not kept poor, these people cannot remain in their seats.

QUESTION: At the Congress centenary, Arun Singh said your emergence was not healthy for the national ethos.

KANSHI RAM: He is the grandson of a maharaja who never kept the interests of the nation in mind. Nationalism to him is feudalism. NATIONALISM TO ME IS THE MASSES OF INDIA. I BELIEVE IN THE TWO NATION THEORY: THOSE WHO OPPRESS AND THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED .What does the grandson of a wretched maharaja know about nationalism? What can we expect from Arun Singh than such things?

QUESTION: Why is your cadre so hostile to Mahatma Gandhi? 

KANSHI RAM: Gandhi is the root of every thing. I want change. Dr. Ambedkar wanted change. But Gandhi was the custodian of the status quo. He wanted Shudras to remain Shudras .Gandhi worked to keep the nation divided .We are working to unite the nation and erase all artificial divisions.

QUESTION: Why has your movement taken so much time to become a reality? 

KANSHI RAM: Upto 1971, I was not so much interested. I was working with RPI .Then I found I was marching towards a ship that others were deserting .It took a long time to prepare myself and others . We had to collect a lot of information, so that we could know how to prepare society and build a cadre. Preparing society initially took a long time. Now we are moving at a tremendous speed. Next year when you meet me, you will ask me how we have acquired such a speed.

QUESTION: How can you abolish caste by floating a casteist party? 

KANSHI RAM: The BSP is not a casteist party. If we are uniting 6000 castes, how can you call us casteist?

QUESTION: I believe your party is off-limits to the upper castes.

KANSHI RAM: The upper castes say why not include us. I say you are leading all the parties. If you join our party, you will blick change here also .THE UPPER CASTES CAN JOIN THE PARTY, BUT THEY CANNOT BE ITS LEADERS .LEADERSHIP WILL REMAIN IN THE HANDS OF THE BACKWARD COMMUNITY. My fear is that these upper caste people will come into our party and block the process of change .When this fear goes, they can join our party.

QUESTION: What is your constituency? 

KANSHI RAM: I REPRESENT THE CONSTITUENCIES OF BABU JAGJIVAN RAM AND CHAUDHARY CHARAN SINGH. AND MAY BE TO SOME EXTENT, SAYED SHAHABUDDIN.

QUESTION: Politicians we spoke to in Delhi say that if the BSP gets too belligerent they will finish you politically.

KANSHI RAM: WE WILL FINISH THEM .BECAUSE IF INDIRA CAN BE FINISHED BY A CHAMAR, ARE THESE FELLOWS GOING TO BE SAVED? WHEN WE ARE 90 PERCENT IN THE ARMED FORCES, 70 PER CENT IN THE BSF, 50 PER CENT IN THE CRPF AND THE POLICE, WHO CAN DO INJUSTICE TO US? A GENERAL NEEDS LESS BULLETS COMPARED TO JAWANS .THEY MAY HAVE GENERALS BUT NO JAWANS.

QUESTION: Are you advocating an eye for an eye? 

KANSHI RAM: TWO EYES .I tell my followers Ek Eet Ka Jawab, Do Pathron Se ( you must retaliate for one brick with two stones ) , otherwise you are not my followers .

QUESTION: So you are propagating violence.

KANSHI RAM: I am propagating strength. To curb violence, I must have strength .Other than me, for instance nobody can crush the Shiv Sena. Any time I come to Maharashtra, I will finish them .The violence of Shiv Sena will end.

QUESTION: - How will you do that? 

KANSHI RAM: - Who are the members of the Shiv Sena who burn and destroy? They are four castes: 1. Agari 2. Bhandari 3. Koli 4. Chamar. They are Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and most backward communities. As soon as I touch the Maharashtra, these people will instantly come with me.

QUESTION: - What makes you think that the BSP will not end up like the RPI? Bargaining for power with the ruling party.

KANSHI RAM: - The RPI never bargained. It was begging. It never reached the status of bargaining .I remember in 1971, the party struck an electoral alliance with the Congress to contest 521 seats .The Congress contested 520 seats, the RPI contested one seat. I love the RPI, but I hate being compared to it. It is like a cheap prostitute available at a pittance. As long as I am alive, this will not happen to the BSP. We want change .We don’t want alliances with the forces of status quo. If a government cannot be formed without our co-operation, then we will have our own conditions, for change. We want fundamental and structural changes, not cosmetic ones.

QUESTION: - There are rumours that you met Hazi Mastan Mirza at Gonda last November to solicit funds.

KANSHI RAM: - I have never met him anywhere. I have only seen his photograph .He may be paying other people, but not us. In fact he is being used against us. If anybody can prove that I have ever met him, I am prepared to face the highest punishment .Moreover, how much money Hazi Mastan can have? He is a very small man compared to me, as far as funds are concerned. If I only have funds like Hazi Mastan, how can I beat the Congress and other parties? How many crores can he give us? 

QUESTION: - THERE IS SOME MYSTREY ABOUT THE SOURCES OF YOUR FUNDS.

KANSHI RAM: - My funds come from various sources which will not dry up. My funds come from those people who produce wealth. The Bahujan Samaj produces wealth. I get my money from them. Lakhs of my people spend crores going to festivals like the Kumbh Mela to improve their next birth. I tell them that Kanshi Ram does not know anything about the next life. But he is an expert in the present life.

Those interested in improving their next life , I tell them , must go to the Brahmins on the banks of the Ganga .Those interested in improving their present life must come to me . So they throng to my meetings.

QUESTION: - There is talk of your being sponsored by the CIA.

KANSHI RAM: - For so many years this government has been clapping about it. It distributed lakhs of pamphlets about this in Bijnore. But the result was that people became furious and could not be purchased.  Babu Ji tried to purchase votes at Rs. 1000 each .But even those who used to be purchased at Rs.10 turned him down. And if I am a CIA man, why hasn’t this government taken any action against me? That shows it is a hijra (eunuch) government.

QUESTION: - They say you spent a lot of money on the Lucknow rally.

KANSHI RAM: -Rs. 22 lakhs were spent on hiring the buses alone .But I am angry. It should have been Rs. 22 crores .A time will come when people should spend Rs. 22 crores on my call .I don’t feel any dearth of money. If money is coming from a treasury, it will be extinguished. I am getting money from a perennial source of funds. I need only one crore rupees to win all the 542 parliamentary seats. One day, voters will queue up to pay money to Kanshi Ram. The next day, they will que up to vote for Kanshi Ram. 

QUESTION: - Some of your party men have broken away from you.

KANSHI RAM: - You cannot keep all the people together. Some people may get tired. Some people may be purchased. Some may become frightened. This will be a permanent feature. It will not demoralise us. I have created a method where in a given time if 10 people go away , we will produce 110 people of the same caliber .Whom we dropped as deadwood , others are trying to pick up and burn a fire .They are trying to use them against us. 

QUESTION: - You reiterate that you have never taken funds from a foreign source. 

KANSHI RAM: - When I went to England two years ago, some people - there are seven lakh Chamars there - offered me funds. I decided not to take the money, though Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi and Buta Singh had taken money from the same source - the Guru Ravidass Gurdwara in Birmingham. They had given to Babu Ji also .I was the only person who didn’t accept.

QUESTION: - What Kind of change are you looking for? 

KANSHI RAM: - I don’t want temporary changes. I am not prepared to attain what I cannot sustain .Let us attain whatever we can, but it must be retained and retained only by permanent change. 

QUESTION: - And when do you intend to contest elections?

KANSHI RAM: - I will stand when there are 100 constituencies in India where I can get a walk over. 

QUESTION: - How long will that take? 

KANSHI RAM: - Two years at the most.

Mayawati wants dalit quota in judiciary and private sector - The Times of India

Mayawati wants dalit quota in judiciary and private sector -

"LUCKNOW: UP chief minister Mayawati shot off yet another letter, seventh in last 10 days, to prime minister Manmohan Singh on Saturday. This time she has demanded increase in the percentage of reservation provided to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SC/ST) in view of increase in their population and introduce quota system in the judiciary, private sector and other places where it has not been implemented as yet."

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mayawati-wants-dalit-quota-in-judiciary-and-private-sector/articleshow/10197095.cms

Maya shoots another letter to PM, demands hike in SC/ST quota - Hindustan Times

Maya shoots another letter to PM, demands hike in SC/ST quota

"Going full throttle to woo SC and ST voters, chief minister Mayawati on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh demanding increase in quota for them as per their population and job reservation in the private sector and the judiciary. "

http://www.hindustantimes.com/Maya-shoots-another-letter-to-PM-demands-hike-in-SC-ST-quota/Article1-752360.aspx

Prabuddhanagar, Panchsheel Nagar, Bhimnagar : UP gets three new districts

On the first day of her statewide tour, Chief Minister Mayawati on Wednesday announced the creation of three more districts — Prabuddhanagar, Panchsheel Nagar and Bhimnagar — and reiterated her old demand for dividing Uttar Pradesh into smaller states.

Prabuddhanagar comprises Muzaffarnagar’s Shamli and Kairana tehsils, and Panchsheel Nagarconsists of Ghaziabad’s Hapur, Garhmukteshwar and Dhaulana tehsils.

Carved out of Moradabad district, Bhimnagar includes Sambhal, Chandausi and Gunnaur tehsils. After these additions, UP will have 75 districts.

She also announced her government’s decision to upgrade Dhaulana as a new tehsil.

The Chief Minister began her state-wide tour by visiting Shamli in Muzaffarnagar, Hapur in Ghaziabad and Sambhal in Moradabad and announced her decision to make these places the headquarters of the newly created districts.

She said there would be no change in the name of Hapur town.

Mayawati also used the opportunity to play her old card, demanding division of Uttar Pradesh into three separate states — Pashchimanchal, Purvanchal and Bundelkhand.

The Chief Minister had earlier written letters to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, demanding creation of three separate states.

She told the gathering at all three places that she has always favoured the creation of three separate states by dividing the state and underlined the need for the reconstitution of Uttar Pradesh for this purpose.

The CM said the creation of separate states is the Centre’s domain, adding both the Congress and BJP did not take any step in this regard during their tenures.

Reiterating her demand for reservation to Muslims and poor among upper castes as well as inclusion of Jats in the central list of other backward classes, Mayawati said she favoured an increase in the quota of OBCs and SCs. She also demanded reservation for these communities in the judiciary and private sectors.

Justifying her decision to create smaller districts, she said: “The idea of smaller units was propagated by leaders like Bhim Rao Ambedkar and Jyotirao Phule.”

She also said smaller administrative units help maintain law and order, besides ensuring development.

Mayawati said she took the decision after she surveyed the state of development in all existing 72 districts of the state.

“It was found that the Ghaziabad district was far too big for administrative efficiency. The rural areas of Hapur were not benefiting in terms of development, so this decision has been taken.” She said the move would allow the Ghaziabad Development Authority to concentrate on a smaller area, mostly urban and industrial.

Coming down hard on the central government, the Chief Minister said the Centre had not been cooperating with the BSP’s efforts to develop Uttar Pradesh.

“We asked for a economic package of Rs 8,000 crore in 2007 but that request was turned down. In spite of that, the state government has carried out a lot of development activities.”

Mayawati also inspected police stations and tehsil offices. “During her visit to the Hapur police station, she expressed her unhappiness for not keeping the premises clean,” a government statement said.

The statement said the CM took a serious view of the absence of mobile numbers of complainants in the tehsil register. At Shambhal and Shamli, she reviewed the implementation of various government schemes.

Insiders said the CM has started giving special focus to western UP where the BSP is facing trouble in the wake of land acquisition. “Her decision to upgrade Shambhal as Bhimnagar district would help her woo Muslim voters. This is a politically right decision before the 2012 Assembly elections,” a source in the BSP said.

Sources in the government said she would visit Kanpur, Auraiya and Ramabai Nagar on September 30.

Hapur residents were elated. Harish Yadav, who was part of the Hapur Sangharsh Samiti, said, “We have been making this demand for a separate district since 1976. Now that it has come true, maybe the region will get some attention. It has been ignored for far too long.”

New DMs in new districts

The state government on Wednesday posted District Magistrates in the three newly created districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Pragyan Ram Mishra has been posted as DM of Bhimnagar, Ajay Kumar Singh is DM of Prabuddhanagar and Saurabh Babu has been made the DM of Panchsheel Nagar.

The government has also transferred three other IAS officers. Nitishwar Kumar has been made Managing Director of Madhyanchal Vidyut Board, Raj Shekhar is DM of Jalaun and Sunita Chaturvedi is DM of Balrampur.

Seedhi Baat - Mayawati (Part 2)

Seedhi Baat - Mayawati (Part 1)

Neela Jhanda BSP

Hamari Jaan Bahenji Mayawati (BSP)

UP ranks first in food grain production - UP ranks first in food grain production Thursda... | www.developmentchannel.org | Gov

UP ranks first in food grain production

"Chief Minister Mayawati congratulated the 22.5 million farmer families of the state and said that her government had implemented schemes which doubled the farmers’ income and as a result UP has captured the first spot in food grain production, leaving behind Haryana and Punjab."

http://www.developmentchannel.org/agriculture/agribusiness/2520-up-ranks-first-in-food-grain-production

It may be mentioned that Uttar Pradesh is the most populous and an agricultural state of he country. It is the definite opinion of the Hon’ble Chief Minister that the development of the State is not possible without the prosperity of the farmers. Therefore, she has given top-most priority to the agricultural sector and welfare of farmers during every regime of BSP Government. She initiated and implemented several schemes with a view to double the income of the farmers during the present regime, owing to which Uttar Pradesh became successful in getting the status of “Best Performing State” in the sector of food grain production in the country leaving behind Haryana and Punjab.

BSP's year on year's achievements

BSP's year on year's achievements. Please have a look at the following links

1st year's achievements

http://upgov.nic.in/middle_mat/one-year-achievement.pdf

2nd year's achievements

http://bspindia.org/BSP_Govt_Achievements/two-year-achievement.pdf

3rd year's achievements

http://bspindia.org/BSP_Govt_Achievements/three-years-achievement.pdf

BSP Announcements and Achievements

Few Important Announcements and Achievements by BSP

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Maya now wants reservation for Jats - The Times of India

Maya now wants reservation for Jats - The Times of India:

"LUCKNOW: UP chief minister and BSP supremo shot off yet another letter to prime minister Manmohan Singh demanding inclusion of Jats in central government's list of other backward classes (OBC). This is third letter to prime minister from Mayawati in last three days. While in the first letter she asked for constitutional amendment for Muslim quota in government jobs and educational institution, the second one was for giving reservation to poor upper castes. "

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/Mayawati-now-wants-reservation-for-Jats/articleshow/10042093.cms

"Elephant"

"Elephant", the election symbol of BSP

……There is an inherent great meaning in the election symbol of BSP. The "Elephant". This election symbol of BSP represents the large and giant population of the “Bahujan Samaj" like the elephant. And the "Blue Flag" of the party represents the soothing blue sky. It shows that then sky does not discriminate anybody on the basis on caste, creed, rich, and poor and treat people with full equality. It also signifies peace and tranquility, which is certainly not available to mankind on this earth planet. That's why theBSP wants to create an atmosphere of justice and peace here and now on this earth, like the sky. The BSP thereby means that it wants to see a just, humanistic and equality-based social and economic order, which would serve the interest of all the sections of the Society. Considering all these, the BSP had chosen“Elephant" as its election symbol and "Blue" color as its flag.

About The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)

About The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) or Majority People's Party is one of the only five prominent national political parties of India, which is the largest democracy of the world.

Brief Introduction :

The ideology of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the "Bahujan Samaj ", which comprises of the Scheduled Castes (SCs), the Scheduled Tribes (STs), the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Religious Minorities such as Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, Parsis and Buddhists and account for over 85 per cent of the country's total population.

The people belonging to all these classes have been the victims of the "Manuwadi" system in the country for thousands of years, under which they have been vanquished, trampled upon and forced to languish in all spheres of life. In other words, these people were deprived even of all those human rights, which had been secured for the upper caste Hindus under the age-old "Manuwadi Social System".

Among the great persons (Mahapurush) belonging to "Bahujan Samaj", who fought courageously and with commitment against the brutal and oppressive Manuwadi system, for providing a level playing field to the downtrodden to help move forward in their lives with "self-respect" and at par with the upper castes Hindus, especially Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar's socio-political campaign later proved to be very effective in this direction.

Though the contributions of leaders of the downtrodden communities like Mahatma Jyotiba Phule, Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj, Narayana Guru and Periyar E. V. Ramaswami have been immense in the fight against the obnoxious Manuwadi system, but the struggle of Baba Saheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, who was born in Scheduled Caste community, and that of Manyawar Kanshi Ram Ji later proved to be greatly effective and pregnant with far-reaching consequences.

Besides waging a spirited campaign against the Manuwadi Social System, Dr. Ambedkar instilled consciousness among not only the Dalits, but also among those belonging to other backward groups, which continue to be victimised and trampled under this oppressive and unjust Manuvadi Social System.

By virtue of his pivotal role in the framing of the Indian Constitution, these groups were given a number of rights in the Constitution on a legal basis to lead a life of dignity and self-respect. But he was fully conscious of the fact that these exploited sections of the society would not be able to get the full legal rights as long as the governments would remain dominated by the Manuwadi persons and parties.

That's why Dr. Ambedkar, during his lifetime, had counseled the "Bahujan Samaj" that if they wanted to fully enjoy the benefits of their legal rights, as enshrined in the Constitution, they would have to bond together all the Bahujan groups on the basis of unity and fraternity, bring them on a strong political platform and capture the "Master Key" of political power. This was to be the modus operandi for the formation of Bahujan Governments at the Centre and in States. Only such governments could enforce all the constitutional and legal rights of the "Bahujan Samaj" and provide opportunities to its People to move forward in all spheres of life besides enabling them to lead a life of "self-respect".

Keeping in view this observation and advice of Dr. Ambedkar, respected Manyawar Kanshi Ram Ji founded the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), with the help of his associates, on April 14, 1984. For many years while he enjoyed good health, he prepared the "Bahujan Samaj" to secure the "master key" of political power, which opens all the avenues for social and economic development.

However, being a diabetic and host of other serious ailments, his health did not permit him to lead an active political life for too long. On December 15, 2001, Manyawar Kanshi Ram Ji, while addressing a mammoth rally of the BSP at the Lakshman Mela Ground in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on the banks of the river Gomti, declared Kumari (Miss) Mayawati Ji, then the lone Vice-President of the Party, as his only political heir and successor.

Moreover, on September 15, 2003, Manyawar Kanshi Ram Ji's health suffered a serious setback, and the entire responsibility of the Party fell on the shoulders of Bahan (Sister) Kumari Mayawati Ji. Later, on September 18, 2003, the Party, through a consensus and in keeping with its Constitution, made her its National President.

Being the National President of a National Party, Kumari Mayawati Ji in her address sought to assure that "I would like to make aware people of the country that my Party, the BSP, is committed to not only improving the socio-economic conditions of people belonging to the "Bahujan Samaj" but also of the poor among the upper caste Hindus, small and medium farmers, traders and people engaged in other professions.

But people of the Manuwadi mindset, even if they are in different fields of life, are acting under a conspiracy to project the image of the BSP as if it is confined to championing the cause of Dalits alone and is opposed to the upper castes Hindus and other sections of the society. Also, the BSP has nothing to do with the issues of national interest. However, on the basis of facts, I can say with firmness and conviction that all such talks are a bunch of lies, baseless and devoid of facts and are nothing else more than a slanderous campaign of the status quoits Manuwadi forces. The policies, objectives and ideology of the BSP are crystal clear and attuned to the welfare of the entire country and its vast population.

On the basis of its ideology, the BSP wants to sound the death-knell of the "Manuwadi Social System" based on the 'Varna' (which is an inequality social system) and striving hard and honestly for the establishment of an egalitarian and "Humanistic Social System" in which everyone enjoys JUSTICE (social, economic and political) and EQUALITY (of status and of opportunity) as enshrined in the PREAMBLE of the Constitution.

Further, our Party Constitution very clearly states that "the chief aim and objective of the Party shall be to work as a revolutionary social and economic movement of change with a view to realise, in practical terms, the supreme principles of universal justice, liberty, equality and fraternity enunciated in the Constitution of India."

Such a social system is wholly in the overall interest of the Country and all sections of the society too. If, in this missionary work of "Social Transformation", people of the upper castes (Hindus) shed their Manuwadi mindset and join hands with the Bahujan Samaj, our Party, with all due respect and affection would embrace them. Such people will be given suitable positions in the Party organisation in accordance with their ability, dedication and efficiency, and there would be no distinction between them and those belonging to the Bahujan Samaj. Also they will be fielded as Party candidates in the parliamentary and assembly elections, and if our government is formed, they will also be given ministerial berths.

These are not hollow talks because the BSP in the past, during the three successive governments, had implemented all such promises. In Uttar Pradesh, Ms. Mayawati government was formed four times, and on each occasion, upper castes people were inducted in the Council of Ministers. Even an upper caste person was appointed to an all-important post of Advocate General. They were given the Party ticket for Lok Sabha and Assembly elections and also nominated to the Parliament's Upper Chamber i.e. Rajya Sabha and state Legislative Councils.

In addition, upper caste people have been given high posts in the Party organisation. For example, Mr. Satish Chandra Mishra was nominated to the Rajya Sabha and also was made national general secretary of the Party. In similar fashion, other castes of the Upper Castes (Hindus) were promoted.

Thus, keeping in view all these facts, it would be injudicious and fallacious to hold that the BSP works for the welfare of a particular group or section. Yes, the Party does give priority to those sections, which have been ignored and scorned all along by the Manuwadi governments in all spheres of life. In addition, the BSP has always contributed positively to all issues pertaining to the welfare of the Country. The BSP has always taken an unequivocal stand on issues of the Country's welfare and never compromised on the issues related to the interest of the country whenever the need arose.

Aims and Objectives

The chief aim and objective of the party shall be to work as a revolutionary social and economic movement of change with a view to realise, in practical terms, the supreme principles of universal justice, liberty, equality and fraternity enunciated in the Constitution of India, to be followed by State in governance, and in particular summed up in the following extract from the Preamble of the Constitution.

We, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens:

Justice, social, economic and political;

Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;

Equality of status and opportunity; and promote among them all

Fraternity assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of the Nation;”

The Party shall regard its ideology as a movement for ending exploitation of the weaker sections and suppression of the deprived through social and economic change in keeping with the above stated chief aim, and its political activity and participation in governance as an instrument of furthering such a movement and bringing in such a change.

This being the chief aim of the Party, the strategy of the Party in public affairs will be governed by the following general principles:

1. That all citizens of India being equal before law are entitled to be treated as equal in true sense and in all matters and all walks of life, and where equality does not exist it has to be fostered and where equality is denied it has to be upheld and fought for.

2. That the full, free, uninhibited and unimpeded development of each individual is a basic human right and State is an instrument for promoting and realising such development;

3. That the rights of all citizens of India as enshrined in the Constitution of India and subject to such restrictions as are set out in the Constitution, have to be upheld at all costs and under all circumstances;

4. That the provisions of the Constitution requiring the State at Center and in States to promote with special care and protect the socio-economic interests of the weaker sections of the society denied to them for centuries, have to upheld and given practical shape in public affairs as a matter of prime most priority.

5. That economic disparities and the wide gaps between the ‘haves' and the ‘have nots' must not be allowed to override the political principle of “one man, one vote, one vote, one value” adopted by our republic.

6. That unless political empowerment is secured for the economically deprived masses they will not be able to free themselves from the shackles of economic and social dependence and exploitation.

In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the aims stated above the Party will work specially towards the following objectives:

1. The Scheduled Castes, the Scheduled Tribes, the other Backward Castes, and the minorities, are the most oppressed and exploited people in India. Keeping in mind their large numbers, such a set of people in India is known as the Bahujan Samaj. The Party shall organise these masses.

2. The party shall work for these down trodden masses to –

a. to remove their backwardness;

b. to fight against their oppression and exploitation;

c. to improve their status in society and public life;

d. to improve their living conditions in day to day life;

2. The social structure of India is based on inequalities created by caste system and the movement of the Party shall be geared towards changing the social system and rebuild it on the basis of equality and human values. All those who join the party with the commitment to co-operate in this movement of social change shall be ingratiated into the fold of the Party.

Towards the furtherance of the above noted aims and objectives the organisational units of Party as designated in this constitution, shall be empowered to:-

1. purchase, take on lease or otherwise acquire, and maintain, moveable or immovable property for the Party and invest and deal with monies of Party in such a manner as may from time to time be determined;

2. raise money with or without security for carrying out any of the aims and objectives of the Party;

3. to do all other lawful things and acts as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any of the aforesaid aims and objectives,

Provided that none of these activities will be undertaken without the express approval of the National President.

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Six SP MLAs defect to BSP to 'serve people'

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LUCKNOW: After receiving several setback when its three MLAs defected to SP, the ruling BSP has struck back at its arch rival, the SP. While on Thursday Sandhya Katheriaya, a sitting SP MLA from Kishna assembly constituency in SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav's home ground Mainpuri, joined BSP, on Friday five sitting SP MLAs defected to BSP.

The five SP MLAs who have defected to the ruling BSP are Sarvesh SIngh MLA from Sagr constituency in Azamgarh, Sultan Beg MLA from Kawar constituency in Bareilly, Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel from Hamirpur, Sandeep Agarwal from Moradabad, Sundar Lal Lodhi from Hadha constituency in Unnao and Suraj Singh Shakya from Kanshiram Nagar.

The move is being seen as BSP reply to SP. While MLAs are defecting after being denied ticket by their parties for the assembly elections due next year in April-May, by engineering defections, the political parties are trying to give impression that the poll mood is in their favour.

Significantly, three BSP MLAs and several other leaders have defected to SP since May this year. Those who have joined SP include BSP MLA from Mallawa in Hardoi, Satish Verma, BSP MLA from Masauli in Barabanki district, Farid Mefhooz Kidwai and BSP MLA from Jalalpur, Ambedkarnagar, Sher Bahadur Singh.

All the turncoats enjoyed their term as MLA for four-and-a-half years and now after being denied election tickets, they all suddenly realised that their parent party is 'suffocating'. They all said that they have defected to 'serve the people'.

‘We did in four years what others couldn’t in 40’.

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Bahujan Samaj Party swept the polls in the 2007 assembly elections on law and order as well as development agenda. After a gap of over 20 years, a majority government was formed in Uttar Pradesh. BSP completed four years in power on May 13, 2010. The government not only fulfilled the aspirations of the voters, but also took the state on the path of development.

Chief minister Mayawati launched several schemes for the masses, especially for dalits, backwards, religious minorities as well as poor among the upper caste. Under the leadership of chief minister Mayawati, the era of turmoil in the state politics came to an end.

The mafias are on the run and there is no collection of goonda tax from the traders.

Four years is all it took for the BSP government to do what previous governments failed to achieve in 40 years of their rule. It has shown that the law is equal for every one and influential lawbreakers were also put behind bars. Even the MPs and MLAs of the BSP who indulged in criminal activities were brought to justice by the chief minister.

Vision and strategy

Riding on the development plank and social engineering formula, BSP now plans to return to power. Chief minister, Mayawati has told party workers to inform the people about various development schemes. The measures taken by the party for the welfare of the common man would be the main agenda for the party in 2012 elections.

The BSP government is working on three basic issues- bijli, paani and sadak to seek the support of the people.

Early selection of the candidates

BSP is the only political party that that has finalised the tickets of the MLAs after delimitation of the constituencies. The majority of the candidates are already campaigning in their constituencies while rival political parties are yet to finalise their candidates. The BSP has already announced that it would contest on all the 403 assembly seats on its own strength.

Infrastructure sector

The state government has launched Yamuna expressway to connect NOIDA with Agra and Ganga expressway to connect NOIDA with Ballia.

Energy

The chief minister has already announced that by 2014, people in the state would get 24 hours power supply. The state government has planned to generate 30,000 megawatt power after setting up dozens of new thermal power plants. The capacities of the old power plants are being increased.

The state government has already fulfilled its promise of 14 hours power supply in the rural areas.

Public Works Department

Within four years, the state government has laid 50,000km roads in the state. Cement concrete road were constructed in 5,480 gram sabhas. The state government spent Rs 3,569 crore over the construction of the roads in the villages. The existing roads were repaired.

Industrial development

The state government gave 100% concession in stamp duties over the small scale units coming up in Purvanchal and Bundelkhand region. In other areas, relaxation on stamp duty was 50%. The online application facility has been provided to the entrepreneurs who are planning to set up small, medium and big industrial units.

Special facilities were given to the entrepreneurs under UP special economic region (amendment) policy 2007.

Social Welfare schemes

All facilities under the Dr Ambedkar gram sabha development scheme have been provided in 5,598 gram sabhas. Community centers have come up constructed in a large number of villages. The state government also launched Mahamaya Sarvajan Awas Yojana to provide housing to those below the poverty line.

The common people insurance scheme has also been quiet a hit.

Other schemes that have been much lauded by people include CM Mahamaya Garib Arthik Mamad Yojana, Savitri Bai Phule Balika Shiksha Mamad Yojana, Mahamaya Garib Balika Ashirvad Yojana, Manyavar Kanshiram Shahari Garib Awas Yojana, Sarvajan Hitay Garib Awas (slum areas) Malikana Haq Yojana, Mahamaya Sarvajan Awas Yojana, Kanshiram Dalit Basti Samgra Vikas Yojana and UP Janhit Guarantee Act, 2011.

Janhit Guarantee Act is a unique scheme in which the common people would get services within a fixed time period. Around 13 services associated with various departments including including revenue, urban development, health, food and civil supplies have been marked by the state government.

Law and order has been a major area of focus for the state government. The improvement of the police system was a major challenge, as the state government got no economic assistance from the central government.

The state government had earmarked Rs 7,440 crore budget for the police department. Special development projects have been launched in the naxal infested Sonebhadra, Chandauli and Mirzapur districts. The state government has created 2,4 lakh new posts in the police department in 2008. For fair and transparent recruitment, the state government constituted police recruitment board.