The Third Mayawati ministry was formed on 3 May 2002 in the state of Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Mayawati as the Chief Minister. This government was formed after the 2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election with outside support from the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The ministry lasted until 29 August 2003 when Mayawati resigned, leading to the formation of the Mulayam Singh Yadav government.
Background After the 2002 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, no party secured a clear majority. The Bahujan Samaj Party, led by Mayawati, formed a coalition government with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Rashtriya Lok Dal, Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress, several independents, and smaller allied groups. This broader coalition enabled Mayawati to demonstrate majority support in the Assembly.
Mayawati was sworn in as Chief Minister on 3 May 2002, beginning her third term in office. The coalition ministry included representatives from the BSP, BJP, RLD, and other supporting groups, reflecting a politically diverse alliance formed to secure legislative stability..
The government collapsed in August 2003 after withdrawal of support by the BJP, leading to her resignation.
Council of Ministers The council of ministers consisted of members from:
Bahujan Samaj Party Bharatiya Janata Party Rashtriya Lok Dal Akhil Bharatiya Loktantrik Congress Others
#PortraitMinisterPortfolioConstituencyPartyChief Minister1Mayawati General AdministrationHaroraCabinet Ministers2Lalji Tandon Housing Urban Development Tourism Labour Panchayati Raj Medical EducationLucknow West3Naseemuddin Siddiqui Transport Environment ExciseMLC4Om Prakash Singh Irrigation Sugarcane Development Higher Education Technical Education Secondary Education Language5Kailash Nath Singh Yadav Science & Technology6Ram Prakash Tripathi Cooperation7Indrajit Saroj Social Welfare SC/ST Welfare Women Welfare Child Development & NutritionManjhanpur 8Kaukab Hameed Khan Rural Engineering Services9Swami Prasad Maurya Khadi & Village Industries10Mahendra Aridaman Singh Health & Family Welfare11Anuradha Choudhary Public Works Department12Ramveer Upadhyay Energy13Sukhdev Rajbhar Parliamentary Affairs Waqf Handloom Industry14Hukum Singh Agriculture15Lalji Verma Medical Education16Ravi Gautam Revenue17Babu Singh Kushwaha Geology and Mining18Thakur Jaivir Singh Forest19Baburam M.Com Food and Civil Supplies20Jagdish Narayan (politician) Small Scale Industries21Premlata Katiyar Sugarcane Development and Sugar Industry22Gaya Charan Dinkar Rural Development23Harishankar Tiwari Stamp and Court Fees Entertainment Tax24Ram Shankar Pal Minor Irrigation25Shyam Sundar Sharma Higher Education26Ved Ram Bhati Prisons27Phagu Chauhan Family Welfare28Raj Kishore Singh Horticulture29Mahendra Singh Yadav Secondary Education30R. K. Singh Patel Science and Technology31Rajesh Agrawal Tax and Registration
See also First Mayawati ministry Second Mayawati ministry Fourth Mayawati ministry Politics of Uttar Pradesh
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