• A Centre for Good Governance in Lucknow

• A residential MahaMaya Inter-College at NOIDA

• A multi-speciality 200-bed Ambedkar Hospital in Greater Noida

Incidentally, both BSP and Congress believe that a division of UP into smaller states will help their political prospects. The BJP has always been a traditional supporter of smaller states. On earlier occasions too, Mayawati had declared support for UP’s division, but today she underscored it by going as far as to promise a resolution to this effect.

The Samajwadi Party, the principal opponent of the BSP in UP, is opposed to division of the state and that partly explains the political reason behind Mayawati’s position. The SP is likely to be weakened in the event of a division of state and all other parties hope to gain from it.

While Mulayam strongholds of central UP and Rohilkhand could be fragmented, Mayawati hopes the new demographic profile of smaller units could help her have a few chief ministers as she bids for the Prime Minister’s chair. Eastern UP and Bundelkhand have been traditional strongholds of Dalit politics while in the western region, the Dalit-Muslim combination could get her a head start. The Congress calculates that Muslims voters in the west and east could weigh more in smaller states.