Mayawati rules over India's most populous state which is also one of the poorest in the country.

玛雅·瓦蒂所管辖的北方邦是印度人口最多同时也是最贫困的地区。

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Consumer prices for agricultural workers (among whom Mayawati has her supporters) rose by 16.5% in the year to February.

今年二月，对农业工人(其中也有玛雅·瓦蒂的支持者)来说，零售价格同比上涨16.5%，批发价格同比上涨9.9%。

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Mayawati, chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, which is India's largest state and one of its poorest, with 170m people, has been quick to demand that it be carved into four.

印最大邦北方邦的首席部长玛亚瓦提也很快提出，将这个拥有1.7亿人口的邦一分为四。

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Mayawati, a schoolteacher turned politician, is India's best-known leader of Dalit, or low-caste, groups.

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Ms Mayawati vies to be a national figure, perhaps even India's first dalit prime minister.

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Voters will soon have their say, as Ms Mayawati must call state elections within months.

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