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Mayawati only CM of UP set to complete full five-year term
As the UP Assembly elections draw closer, it is being hotly debated whether Rahul Gandhi’s charisma or Mulayam Singh Yadav’s political skills would succeed in removing BSP from power when the country’s cow-belt, Uttar Pradesh, goes to polls. But whatever be the result, one thing is sure that Mayawati will take the trophy for being the only Chief Minister of UP to complete the full five-year term of the office uninterrupted.
This achievement would help her score over her predecessors who include Govind Ballabh Pant, Kamalapati Tripathi, Sampurnanand, Sucheta Kriplani, Charan Singh, Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, ND Tiwari, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kalyan Singh and all the other Chief Ministers the State has had. It is strange but true that in a politically sensitive State like Uttar Pradesh that has given seven Prime Ministers, none of its 34 Chief Ministers other than Mayawati remained in office uninterruptedly for the full five-year term.
Nawab Sir Md Ahmad Said Khan Chatri was the first (interim) Chief Minister of the State (then United Province). He took office on April 3, 1937 but for just three months. Then the legendary Govind Ballabh Pant took charge. He became Chief Minister of the state four times-twice before Independence and twice after it. But his stint was separated by Assembly elections in 1952. In 1954, he resigned the chief ministership to become Home Minister of the country under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Sampurnanand succeeded Pant and was Chief Minister from December 28, 1954 to December 6, 1960. But in 1957, the State went to polls and Congress emerged winner under his leadership.
The state then witnessed uncertain political development. Sampurnanand’s successor, Chandra Bhan Gupta, had uneasy relations with Indira Gandhi which resulted in political instability in the state. Between December 1960 and April 1967, Uttar Pradesh had three
Chief Ministers-twice Chandra Bhanu Gupta and once Sucheta Kriplani (October 1963-March 1967). Gupta’s second tenure was for just 18 days! The internal rift between Chandra Bhanu Gupta and Kamlapati Tripathi paved the way for emergence of the first non-Congress government in UP when Charan Singh became Chief Minister in 1967.
The 1970’s was a period of turmoil for UP. One government after another were formed but none of them lasted long. The governments led by Charan Singh, Tribhuvan Narain Singh, HN Bahuguna, ND Tiwari, Ram Naresh Yadav and Banarsi Das kept collapsing. These regime were interspersed with Presidents rule, imposed four times between 1970 and June 1980.
In 1980, VP Singh became Chief Minister but in 1982 he moved to Centre, handing over the baton to Sripati Mishra. Vir Bahadur Singh ruled between September 1985 and June 1988. After the disastrous flood that inundated Lucknow in 1988, the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi made ND Tiwari the Chief Minister of UP. Tiwari took up the job for the third and last time as a Congress Chief Minister of the undivided Uttar Pradesh.
The 1990’s saw emergence of regional parties. Mulayam Singh Yadav became Chief Minister for the first time in December 1989 with the help of Congress, but the June 1991 election saw BJP emerging victorious. But demolition of Babri mosque on December 6, 1992, paved the way for Kalyan Singh’s ouster.
December 1993 saw Mulayam and Mayawati coming together for a short period to from government. The BJP’s rule between 1997 and 2002 saw Kalyan, Ram Prakash Gupta and Rajnath Singh occupying the Chief Minister’s chair. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s tenure between August 2003 and May 2007 provided some degree of stability.
In May 2007, Mayawati got a decisive mandate by deftly stitching the combination of Upper caste and Dalits. And since then she is at the helm of affairs.
It remains uncertain who will form the next government, but it is Mayawati who wins kudos for creating a new record of sort in Uttar Pradesh.
As the UP Assembly elections draw closer, it is being hotly debated whether Rahul Gandhi’s charisma or Mulayam Singh Yadav’s political skills would succeed in removing BSP from power when the country’s cow-belt, Uttar Pradesh, goes to polls. But whatever be the result, one thing is sure that Mayawati will take the trophy for being the only Chief Minister of UP to complete the full five-year term of the office uninterrupted.
This achievement would help her score over her predecessors who include Govind Ballabh Pant, Kamalapati Tripathi, Sampurnanand, Sucheta Kriplani, Charan Singh, Chandra Bhanu Gupta, Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, ND Tiwari, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kalyan Singh and all the other Chief Ministers the State has had. It is strange but true that in a politically sensitive State like Uttar Pradesh that has given seven Prime Ministers, none of its 34 Chief Ministers other than Mayawati remained in office uninterruptedly for the full five-year term.
Nawab Sir Md Ahmad Said Khan Chatri was the first (interim) Chief Minister of the State (then United Province). He took office on April 3, 1937 but for just three months. Then the legendary Govind Ballabh Pant took charge. He became Chief Minister of the state four times-twice before Independence and twice after it. But his stint was separated by Assembly elections in 1952. In 1954, he resigned the chief ministership to become Home Minister of the country under Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
Sampurnanand succeeded Pant and was Chief Minister from December 28, 1954 to December 6, 1960. But in 1957, the State went to polls and Congress emerged winner under his leadership.
The state then witnessed uncertain political development. Sampurnanand’s successor, Chandra Bhan Gupta, had uneasy relations with Indira Gandhi which resulted in political instability in the state. Between December 1960 and April 1967, Uttar Pradesh had three
Chief Ministers-twice Chandra Bhanu Gupta and once Sucheta Kriplani (October 1963-March 1967). Gupta’s second tenure was for just 18 days! The internal rift between Chandra Bhanu Gupta and Kamlapati Tripathi paved the way for emergence of the first non-Congress government in UP when Charan Singh became Chief Minister in 1967.
The 1970’s was a period of turmoil for UP. One government after another were formed but none of them lasted long. The governments led by Charan Singh, Tribhuvan Narain Singh, HN Bahuguna, ND Tiwari, Ram Naresh Yadav and Banarsi Das kept collapsing. These regime were interspersed with Presidents rule, imposed four times between 1970 and June 1980.
In 1980, VP Singh became Chief Minister but in 1982 he moved to Centre, handing over the baton to Sripati Mishra. Vir Bahadur Singh ruled between September 1985 and June 1988. After the disastrous flood that inundated Lucknow in 1988, the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi made ND Tiwari the Chief Minister of UP. Tiwari took up the job for the third and last time as a Congress Chief Minister of the undivided Uttar Pradesh.
The 1990’s saw emergence of regional parties. Mulayam Singh Yadav became Chief Minister for the first time in December 1989 with the help of Congress, but the June 1991 election saw BJP emerging victorious. But demolition of Babri mosque on December 6, 1992, paved the way for Kalyan Singh’s ouster.
December 1993 saw Mulayam and Mayawati coming together for a short period to from government. The BJP’s rule between 1997 and 2002 saw Kalyan, Ram Prakash Gupta and Rajnath Singh occupying the Chief Minister’s chair. Mulayam Singh Yadav’s tenure between August 2003 and May 2007 provided some degree of stability.
In May 2007, Mayawati got a decisive mandate by deftly stitching the combination of Upper caste and Dalits. And since then she is at the helm of affairs.
It remains uncertain who will form the next government, but it is Mayawati who wins kudos for creating a new record of sort in Uttar Pradesh.
