Mayawati's leap to Delhi- myth or a reality?

Mayawati is in the news these days. People are talking about the role that she might play in the days to come, post 16th May. And this did set me thinking. I became Wordsworth in spirit. I imagined myself lying “upon a couch” (not with Koyel, of course!) and the images floating by. Maya, the ruler of UP, acquiring the crown to rule India. Wow! The very first picture was that of Maya in faded Wrangler Jeans. Wondering why? Ha-ha…ehm. Well, if you would go back in history and see the Mayawati when Kanshi Ram was still his own master….the curly chute and an insecure smile which needed the approval of her mentor, you would notice the sea change in per persona. Close cropped hair and a dupatta that curls around the neck and not to forget the hurried swagger that goes with her, is the fourth time CM Maya! Gone is the insecure Maya of the 90’s! So, when the PM, then surely the Jeans will slide in!! Natural progression?
UP today is black and blue all over. No, it is not the bashing that has resulted in the state being black and blue. Or maybe it is? Lucknow has scores of statues peering at every passer by. Soon Lucknow will change from the city of Nawabs to the city of murtis. Nawabs are extinct but the murtis are very much visible and on the rise- in elephantine proportion!
Let us see the progress that the state has made since she took charge….it is a task as tedious as hunting a needle in a haystack! Where is the needle? Hunt…hunt…hunt. Maya’s forte has been the caste equation, not governance. Nitiesh Kumar in neighboring Bihar is a much better administrator and provides competent governance. Sheila Dixit is miles ahead of even Nitiesh.
Honestly speaking, a PM needs to be an ideal kind of a person. Someone who is above board, who inspires the nation, who provides confidence, who can take sound decisions at just the right time. Some one with a vision. And yes, he should be far from being vindictive. Let me confess that there is none on the horizon who fits the above!! Be it Dr Singh, Mr. Advani or anyone else. We lack genuine PM material.
But let us come back to Maya Memsaheb. I am still in a world of fantasy visualizing Maya sitting amidst Obama’s and Browns and Sarkozy’s in a G20 summit. And then Sarkozy and Carla inviting Maya to France…Carla and Maya exchanging notes on fashion and make up!! My fantasy is shattered by a call from Shoaib. Not Akhtar but Qureshi. And he kind of dampened everything by suggesting that the Queen may still not wear the crown..and probably not at all. Maya may not get the mandate that the TV channels along with their self proclaimed expert panels are predicting. Here goes another PM in waiting! The reality is that India does not need a Zardari. Right? Do we? And the voters are keen to prove the psephologists and the other pundits wrong.
Maya the politician is skillful and competent. Period. Maya the PM is a fantasy in a midsummer night’s dream. Alice in wonderland was a great story but never a reality. But then, Indian Politics is more unpredictable than an Alice in a Midsummer night’s dream!
Who knows?