In politics today
Mayawati
BSP
Four-time UP Chief Minister and Kanshi Ram's successor at the BSP. Dalit assertion through state power — parks, statues, SC/ST recruitment — with alliances across the spectrum and tight personal control of the party.
Furthest from the middle on Recognition, toward Group remedies.
Where they stand
Mayawati on each of the seven scales, from one pole to the other.
Welfare
−3.0Expansive state provisionMinimal/targeted provisionMarkets
+1.0State-led developmentMarket-led developmentRecognition
+9.5Formal equalityGroup remediesNation
−1.0PluralistMajoritarianAuthority
+1.0Civil libertiesStrong stateCulture
−2.0Personal autonomyTraditional normsFederalism
0.0CentreStates
The record, axis by axis
Every placement is scored on what was said and done — manifestos, legislation, the governing record — and calibrated against the same trade-offs the quiz asks about.
Four terms emphasised SC sub-plan spending and dignity infrastructure over cash welfare, with fiscally orthodox budgets; supports continuing free ration
Pioneered the Dalit-entrepreneurship push and ran an investment-courting government in 2007-12, including large-scale land acquisition for the Yamuna Expressway
Her 1995 UP promotion-quota order drove the 85th Amendment; demands private-sector reservation, caste census, cap removal and sub-categorisation
Ambedkarite secularism in doctrine, three alliances with the BJP in practice, and BSP supported the Article 370 abrogation in Parliament
Her governments used NSA and the UP Goonda Act freely; she opposes dilution of the SC/ST Act but is not a civil-liberties voice
Ambedkarite rationalism and an unmarried woman leader breaking norms, with no stated position on LGBTQ rights or personal autonomy
Supported central moves including Article 370; her standing demand is to split UP into four states, which is a different question from Centre-state power
And where do you stand?
Answer the same trade-offs yourself and get your seven readings, on the scales you just read.
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