INDIA: Low-caste minister reveals PM dream
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In India, the first member of a lower caste group to win office as a chief minister says she hopes one day to take office as Prime Minister. During lavish birthday celebrations Mayawati Kumari revealed she'd be moving to New Delhi, to transform the Bahujan Samaj party of India's Dalits into a national force.
Presenter: Girish Sawlani
Speakers: Chandrabhan Prasad, columnist, The Pioneer newspaper; Professor Kamal Chenoy, professor of comparative and Indian politics, Jawaharlal Nehru University; Ashraf Engineer, assistant editor, Hindustan Times.
