Mayawati Makes A Mark

Mayawati Naina Kumari ,one of the most successful female politicians of India has entered in the Forbes club of 100 most powerful women in the world.She is 59th in the list, next to Mrs.Sonia Gandhi at 21.

Mayawati recently made the headlines when she asked during a interview "Why cant I become Prime Minister?" Some say she could become the nation's first Dalit Prime Minister due to her shrewdness,which is evident from her brilliant Social Engineering efforts which has created a strong Dalit-Brahmin alliance in BSP. In fact, Nakul Dubey one of her chief advisers is a brahmin and currently a Vidhan Sabha Member.

According to TOI"Mayawati is the top taxpayer among politicians and ranks among the 20 top taxpayers in the country. In 2007-08, the Dalit czarina shelled out Rs 26.26 crore as income tax, according to the I-T department's compilation of the top 200 taxpayers' list".