Mayawati served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for four separate terms, with her longest term being from 2007 to 2012. She is the president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and is a prominent Dalit leader in Indian politics. The distractors are leaders from other states: Buddhadeb Bhattacharya (West Bengal), Ramesh Pokhriyal (Uttarakhand), and Manik Sarkar (Tripura).