UP CM Mayawati to install more of her statues

Lucknow, Aug 07: Undaunted by all the criticism from her adversaries, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is set to get three more of her statues installed in the state capital where two imposing bronze memorials are already in place. An 18-feet-tall statue is proposed in the neighbourhood of BSP's Prerna Sthal (inspiration home) where Mayawati had got her first statue installed inside an imposing stone structure shaped like a Buddhist Stupa. The space for the statue was created after demolition of BSP's own office that was built barely four years ago on a 50,000 sq ft plot just behind the state Governor's house. The statue will adorn what has been christened Bahujan Nayak Park, being laid in place of the party's state headquarter, that has been shifted to a brand new building erected over the debris of a government bungalow. An identical statue is planned for Kanshi Ram Memorial that was coming up on a sprawling 32-acre plot of land taken from the Lucknow district jail. The memorial is slated to cost the state exchequer about Rs.3.5 billion. The third statue is likely to find place at a prominent spot in Mayawati's first ever dream project - Ambedkar Park cum Memorial that was being built on a giant scale at a cost of nearly Rs.5 billion. Officials dealing with the statue projects were tight-lipped. However sculptor Ram Sutar, who has been assigned to create the three statues in bronze, admitted that he was on the job and had been asked to accomplish the task at speed. "I have assured the administration I'll complete the statues in record time", he said. While none was willing to divulge the cost of these statues officially, it is said that each will weigh between 20 and 25 tonnes. Bureau Report

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I think the Supreme Court should suo motto intervene and stop this idiocy. No statute of any living person should be installed on public land and all such statutes should be immediately demolished. She can build as many statutes of herself as she wants on private land and with private accounted money. - K.Venugopal - Mumbai

Is this the women the communists wanted to have a coalition with? The communists speaks of values now what do they have to say about their new friend ship with this lunatic?? If she is made Prime minister, chances are that every town in India will have her statues installed at the cost of peoples money. Truely!! even the god cannot save India. - S.A.Khaleem - Thirupathi