Top 102 Quotes & Sayings by Mayawati

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Indian politician Mayawati.
Last updated on December 21, 2024.
Mayawati

Mayawati is an Indian politician. She has served four separate terms as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. She is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which focuses on a platform of social change for Bahujans, more commonly known as Other Backward Castes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes as well as converted minorities from these castes. She was chief minister briefly in 1995 and again in 1997, then from 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2012.

BJP can only divide and terrorize people.
Apart from being a chief minister, I am also the national president of my party. So I have to take care of the party in other states as well as in U.P.
People know that the Samajwadi Party will bring back Goonda Raj. — © Mayawati
People know that the Samajwadi Party will bring back Goonda Raj.
People know that my policies are meant for development of all communities.
For the Gandhi family, U.P. elections have always been a big picnic.
There is a possibility that the BJP can start the construction of Ram temple in Ayodhya just before Lok Sabha elections. They can even sponsor some dramatic events in the name of patriotism to save their government and hide their failures. Be aware of such conspiracies.
Why did Modi not declare his caste if he is from backward community? It makes clear that he is not from backward community.
The BJP members and their leadership have realized that the Bahujan Samaj Party's policies are not anti-upper caste.
My aim is to have a Bahujan Samaj government at the Centre, which was also the dream of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar.
I have good relations with many BJP leaders.
Efforts must be made to make BSP a viable alternative to form government in the state.
The SP leadership is busy fighting among themselves. The only party that can stop the BJP from coming to power is the BSP.
Rajnath and Mulayam Singh are birds of the same feather.
Our party's economic policy will be people-oriented. But our government will neither give doles to the poor and unemployed, nor distribute saris. We will give permanent employment.
When you walk into anybody's house with footwear, you tend to bring in germs and bacteria. — © Mayawati
When you walk into anybody's house with footwear, you tend to bring in germs and bacteria.
If I can become U.P. chief minister, then I think a day will surely come when the dreams of our people will come true.
I have been chief minister twice. In 1997 I was in office for six months, and during that period I did a lot of work, much more than what anybody can do in six years.
I have done more for Muslims than Mulayam Singh Yadav has.
Every MP in the NDA wants to become a minister, which is not possible. So they keep pulling each other down.
We have given a government where people feel safe... we gave Dalits a life of dignity.
We will get an absolute majority, I don't need anybody's help, the BSP will form the government on its own.
In every community there are poor and unemployed people.
I want to make it clear that BSP will not extend any kind of support to Modi or NDA to form the government at any cost.
Which school did Modi go to? Either teacher was not good or he did not take interest in studies.
It is the BSP that will get Brahmin votes. In fact we will get votes of all communities.
Our party is not against any caste or religion. Our party is not caste or religion specific. We want to make a society based on equality.
Muslims have realized that a vote for the SP means wasting their vote.
I have worked not just for the Dalits but for all sections of the society.
Apart from being a Dalit's daughter, I am also the daughter of India.
I have never done anything wrong which could hurt anybody's feelings.
No one could stop me from becoming the chief minister of U.P.
I am a hard-working girl.
The bureaucrats tremble because they don't perform. In the past nobody checked their work. Now that I do it they are scared.
I have come to know that in BJP married women get nervous when their husbands go near Modi, fearing that like him their husbands may also leave them.
I am not scared while I am in Uttar Pradesh. But after BSP got an absolute majority there and began making inroads in other states, the other parties got unhappy. That's why they keep telling me to stay in U.P. where I have my own Government and I can be safe.
We don't want our MPs to become greedy like those of other parties.
When I will become prime minister, SC Mishra, Naseemuddin Siddiqui and Swami Prasad Maurya will be Union ministers with with important portfolios but the chief minister of UP will only be a Dalit who has dedicate his life for BSP.
Politics being done by BJP and Congress by leveling accusations at each other over India-China border issue is not in the interest of the nation. It is a matter of great concern.
You see, in a family everyone is not alike, someone may be a weakling. Now, as head of the family, it is natural for you to focus greater attention on the weaker member so that he can be brought at par with the others, isn't it? But that does not mean I am sidelining the others.
I want to tell BJP and Congress that BSP is not a toy for anyone. It's an independent party formed at the national level. — © Mayawati
I want to tell BJP and Congress that BSP is not a toy for anyone. It's an independent party formed at the national level.
If I am fit to rule the largest state of India, why can't I run the whole country?
I prefer to be known as a leader for all the communities.
No party talks about taking support of any other party unless it is unsure of its victory.
'Neechi rajniti' does not mean politics of backward communities. Modi has distorted the statement to link with caste to play backward card for political gains.
I knew that women politicians face a lot of problems in their lives, so, I dedicated my life for the weaker communities, stayed unmarried.
Both the BJP and the SP are trying to create communal tension but people have become aware.
The 'sanskari' people in the country address me as 'Behenji.' Even my parents address me as 'Behenji' and so does Akhilesh Yadav.
I don't just issue instructions. I follow up to see if they have been obeyed.
When the BSP was in power, there were no communal riots.
In 2007 elections, people voted for us in the hope that we would get rid of Goonda Raj, as the criminals of SP had made life difficult for them. — © Mayawati
In 2007 elections, people voted for us in the hope that we would get rid of Goonda Raj, as the criminals of SP had made life difficult for them.
No one should interfere in the religion of another.
Respected Kanshi Ramji has supported my rise in politics right from the beginning.
BJP has traditionally been against backward communities and minorities.
I have no hassles handling U.P. For 57 years, the state has been ruled by non-BSP parties which is why it is so backward. In my first term as the chief minister, in four months I did the work of four years.
Whenever I have taken a major decision in my life, I have known that I will have to work very hard.
We will use political power as a tool to improve the lives of the people.
Congress has no vision for U.P. They want to milk U.P. for those 80 parliamentary seats.
Our party's symbol is the elephant, and its weight, size and strength symbolize Uttar Pradesh.
We don't agree with the notion of the government to remove governors. It is unconstitutional.
Mind you, if I were taking money for transfers, I would not have been able to even look the officials in the eye, not to speak of dealing with them with an iron hand, which I have been doing.
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