About Mayawati
Mayawati, often styled Kumari Mayawati, is an Indian politician who held the office of Uttar Pradesh’s chief minister four times—1995, 1997, 2002‑2003 and 2007‑2012—making her the state’s 18th chief minister. Since 2003 she has been the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party, a party that seeks social change for Bahujans, including Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and religious minorities.
