Words matter. These are the best Mayawati Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.

Election can take place in U.P. anytime and I want BSP workers to pull up their socks.
When the BSP was in power, there were no communal riots.
Congress has no vision for U.P. They want to milk U.P. for those 80 parliamentary seats.
I stayed away from family life and stayed fixated on getting rights for the backward castes. This is why I could never have a family, as it brings added responsibilities, and people start accusing them of giving more importance or focus on their families.
The BJP members and their leadership have realized that the Bahujan Samaj Party’s policies are not anti-upper caste.
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.
If the leaders of backward castes had done something for the community, then there would have been no need for the BSP. They didn’t, so we exist.
I don’t just issue instructions. I follow up to see if they have been obeyed.
Why did Modi not declare his caste if he is from backward community? It makes clear that he is not from backward community.
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.
No one should interfere in the religion of another.
No one could stop me from becoming the chief minister of U.P.
When you walk into anybody’s house with footwear, you tend to bring in germs and bacteria.
For me, every election is equally important. That is how I have approached all elections.
I have good relations with many BJP leaders.
The Electronic Voting Machines were tampered with in every election since 2014 to defeat the BSP.
Under my rule, even ministers and MLAs of my party have been sent to jail when found indulging in corruption and criminal activities, whereas in previous regimes no action was taken against any influential person.
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.
Congress party talks about Dalits but does not involve them in important decision making process.
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.
In every community there are poor and unemployed people.
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.
Respected Kanshi Ramji has supported my rise in politics right from the beginning.
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.
Every party faces ups and downs. After independence, parties like Jansangh and BJP had been finished.
I knew that women politicians face a lot of problems in their lives, so, I dedicated my life for the weaker communities, stayed unmarried.
Rajnath and Mulayam Singh are birds of the same feather.
Our party’s symbol is the elephant, and its weight, size and strength symbolize Uttar Pradesh.
I am a hard-working girl.
For the Gandhi family, U.P. elections have always been a big picnic.
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.

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.
When I decided to come into politics, the one thing that I had in my mind was to help the weaker sections. Therefore, nobody should accuse me of nepotism.
I have never done anything wrong which could hurt anybody’s feelings.
You cannot wipe out Dalit’s poverty just by embracing poor children and spending nights in their huts.
‘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.
People have understood the designs of opposition parties, especially of BJP. It could trigger Hindu-Muslim riot in Uttar Pradesh before the state Assembly elections and people should beware of this.
Both the BJP and the SP are trying to create communal tension but people have become aware.
BSP does not believe in organizing violent protest. It’s a disciplined party and follows democratic process to oppose anti-people policies of government.
People know that my policies are meant for development of all communities.
I will take sanyas from politics but I cannot contest election with the BJP.
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.
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.
I have worked not just for the Dalits but for all sections of the society.
My association with my parents and family will end the day they will ask ticket to contest election or seek ministership.
I prefer to be known as a leader for all the communities.
BJP can only divide and terrorize people.
We don’t want our MPs to become greedy like those of other parties.
I am not afraid of conspiracy, as it has always consolidated my votebank with a renewed resolve.
During the BSP regime, many schemes were started in the name of prominent saints belonging to different castes. However, these schemes were renamed when SP came to power reflecting its casteist mindset.
What is needed is permanent jobs and the Centre has done everything to discriminate against the Dalits by not releasing funds for them.
The BJP is in power because of the wrong and anti-people policies of the Congress.
The SP leadership is busy fighting among themselves. The only party that can stop the BJP from coming to power is the BSP.
BJP has traditionally been against backward communities and minorities.
Efforts must be made to make BSP a viable alternative to form government in the state.
I have done more for Muslims than Mulayam Singh Yadav has.
BJP’s flawed policies and arrogance have done nothing for the country so far and will not offer anything in the future either.
We will get an absolute majority, I don’t need anybody’s help, the BSP will form the government on its own.
We cannot fight just as Dalits. I understand for centuries people have fought each other. It is not easy to bring them together. But we have done this in U.P.
I have asked Centre for scheduled caste status to 13 backward classes including Kewat, Kahar, Kashyap, Mallah, Nishad, Lonia, Kumhar, Dheevar, Bind, Machhiara, Lohia-Chauhan, Nonia and Dhangar.
It is the BSP that will get Brahmin votes. In fact we will get votes of all communities.
If you want your uplift and development, vote for BSP.

In U.P., there will be stern action against terrorists. But there is a clear instruction that no innocent person should be taken into custody during the course of action against terrorists.
Whenever I have taken a major decision in my life, I have known that I will have to work very hard.
I have always ensured that law and order was maintained during my tenures as Chief Minister of the state.
Muslims have realized that a vote for the SP means wasting their vote.