The two most powerful Indian political struggle for hegemony

New Delhi, October 16, 2008. - The construction of a railway factory has been the trigger with the two most powerful political India, Sonia Gandhi and Mayawati, have unearthed the hatchet and with a view to the forthcoming general elections .
Gandhi, who heads the Congress Party government, traveled to the district of Rae Bareli to support the construction of a wagon factory, after the project would be parked by the regional government of Uttar in the hands of Mayawati.
"I'm ready to go even to prison," said Sonia Gandhi shocked at landing a private plane in Rae Bareli, the district for which she was elected to parliament.
On Saturday, the Mayawati government canceled the allocation of land for the project advocated by Gandhi specious "claims" of local farmers, a ban that has been appealed in court.
Besides, the Government banned the celebration of Mayawati in Rae Bareli a massive rally of Gandhi, who came flying to her district and was angry on camera.
"Rae Bareli is like my home. I wonder, can anyone stop me from coming to my house? Nobody can, "the official told reporters, greeted with garlands by his supporters.
The districts of Rae Bareli and Amethi are the traditional stronghold of the Nehru-Gandhi family: in them were elected in 2004 Sonia and her son Rahul, and previous election-law and husband of the leader, the deceased Indira and Rajiv Gandhi.
But today, these districts are under the regional government of Mayawati, who belongs to the disadvantaged community "untouchable"-outside the Hindu caste system, and is making the opposition Congress Party a pillar of its policy of ahead of elections.
"The whole thing is a calculated move of the Congress regarding the upcoming legislative elections in 2009. Sonia Gandhi and her party are misleading people by saying that my party is against development, "the leader" untouchable ".
"(Sonia Gandhi) has set up a drama and is carrying out a political conspiracy," he said, quoted by the Indian agency IANS.
The factory building lies a white glove duel for dominance in Indian politics: Mayawati preaches his ambition to be Prime Minister, while Sonia Gandhi decides charges of government since its dominant position in his party.
Sonia, born in Italy but linked to India for her marriage to Rajiv Gandhi, won the 2004 elections, but his political opponents mounted a campaign to prevent an Italian came to power in India.
And the leader, to the surprise of many, then resigned to head the government and appointed as Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, although he retained his post at the head of the party and now plans to lead the campaign.
Mayawati, meanwhile, arrives at the next election supported by his victory in the elections of 2007 the most populous region, but will have to overcome the lack of attachment of his party, the Bahujan Party Samadi, the rest of India.
To warm things up, both parties measure their strength in five regional elections scheduled for next month, including the manor capital, New Delhi, now in the hands of Congress.
Both Congress and the Bahujan-and also the largest opposition party, the BJP-Hindu radical, seeking to strengthen its regional weight to hold the legislative power in 2009, but for now their skirmishes are summarized in the virtual factory in Rae Bareli .
"Congress is only concerned with Rae Bareli. And I am concerned the whole region of Uttar "Mayawati defended.
The importance of the legislative elections in Uttar lies in its people: there live 166 million people, as many as in France, Italy and Spain together, so that the direction of their votes may be decisive for the final victory in India.
"Do the math," he told journalists-in-Hindi Italian off the plane Gandhi in Rae Bareli.
At issue is determining who is the most powerful woman in India.

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Thematic area:

1. The Gandhi voted in the fourth round of Indian elections electoral
2. The ruling Congress Party, the great Indian family
3. Sonia Gandhi
4. The Untouchables strive to get out the vote of discrimination
5. Indian government is formed with new ministers sworn in without Rahul Gandhi