Maya joins Sonia in Forbes power list

Making her debut in the club of the 100 most powerful women in the world, Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati has joined Congress president Sonia Gandhi in a list compiled by US business magazine Forbes.

While Mrs Gandhi slipped from sixth rank in 2007 to 21st this year, Ms Mayawati has made her debut at 59th. The list also includes Indra Nooyi, the Indian-origin Chennai-born chief of global soft drink giant PepsiCo, at third position, up from fifth last year, and Indian biotechnology firm Biocon CEO Kiran Mazumdar Shaw at 99th.

The list is headed by German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

About Mrs Gandhi, the magazine said the Italian born leader of India’s most powerful political party has by now assumed the role of elder stateswoman. “Although she remains firmly at the head of the country’s ruling party, a rising star, known by the single name Mayawati, is challenging Gandhi’s position as the country’s most powerful woman.”

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Rahul ready to go to jail in Uttar Pradesh, says Sonia

Congress president Sonia Gandhi has said that unless Congress workers in Uttar Pradesh were prepared to go to jail, a change in this state would not be possible.

"The day Congress workers decide to go to jail, I will also come here. If need be, Rahul will also go to jail with them," she said while addressing the concluding session of the two day general body meeting of the UP Congress.

The Congress president said the UPA government at the Centre had given several thousand crores of rupees to the UP government under various schemes and it was up to Congress workers in the state to ensure that it was being properly used for the benefit of the people. "The need of the hour is agitation and struggle.

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