She is one of the bright spots of current Dalit politics. She's single, herself a victim of social abuse, so she knows first-hand what it is not only to be Dalit but what it is to be abused as a woman. She has built in one state--the state of Uttar Pradesh, which has a significant Dalit population and a significant Muslim population--an alliance, which now makes her quite a formidable political power in that one state.
Given the nature of Indian politics, which is fast replicating what you have in Canada with what looks like coalition politics, one can say with certainty no one party will get a majority in the next elections. So in an era of coalition politics, anybody with 30 or 40 MPs out of the 550-plus in parliament can aspire to a prime minister's slot. That's where that story is coming from.