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Mayawati to Unveil 40 Statues, Six of Them of Herself

  •   Wed, Jun 24 2009 10:46:35 AM

Abantika Ghosh/TNN
 
New Delhi, Jun 24: Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati is all set to unveil 40 statues — including six of her own — on July 3, along with the Kanshi Ram Memorial and the Gautam Buddhasthals, which has cost the state exchequer dear.

According to the reply of an RTI filed in the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA), statues of Mayawati and Kanshi Ram at various places in Lucknow and erected by LDA, cost Rs 6.68 crore. And, the 60 marble elephants at the Ambedkar memorial cost Rs 52 crore, according to the reply. If the figures in the Uttar Pradesh budget are anything to go by, this is just the tip of the iceberg.

The Uttar Pradesh culture department's budget for 2009-10 shows that in 2008-09, the department had allocated more than Rs 194 crore for building statues of "great leaders" — the entire amount was spent. 
  

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  • Rolphy Almeida, Udupi/Bangalore

    Wed, Jun 24 2009

    This lady’s brain is surely structured below the knee as the famous saying goes. She perhaps inherited the genes of Sadham Hussain. How the opposition is quiet in that state, while someone using taxpayer’s money for the wrong reasons? Oh! God, only you can save this nation.

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  • Jude, Mangalore Dubai

    Wed, Jun 24 2009

    She wants to become Prime Minister..........Can anyone imagine the fate of India if ever that becomes a reality. Sure recipe for national ruin.

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  • nithyananda shetty , Karkala / Dubai

    Wed, Jun 24 2009

    What kind of waste is this ??doing this can we end the poverty and femine ??????hats up mayawathi and our indians

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  • shahnawaz kukkikatte, dubai/udupi

    Wed, Jun 24 2009

    This lady has gone insane. She can unveil the statues of other national heros and social workers and certainly not hers !!!. Has her role model Mr BR Ambedkar installed his own statue??? Has Mr MK Gandhi, any time any where during his life time installed or ever asked someone to install his own statue. She has overgrown her age and stature and time has come for her to retire from active politics. She should not spend public money on such type of national waste.

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