Congress: For Mayawati her statues more important than welfare

Congress (I) has said in her tenures as a Chief Minister, Mayawati erected number of statues of Buddhist and Dalit icons She claimed that the expenditure on statues and symbols of Dalit Icons was required because the past governments did not show respect towards Dalit icons. She has spent over Rs 2,500 crore on projects of five parks and memorials. CAG reported that Rs. 15 Crore was spent on memorials. The Supreme Court of India has admitted a PIL questioning this expenditure. In October 2011 Mayawati inaugurated the Rashtriya Dalit Prerna Sthal and Green Garden, built at a cost of Rs 685 crores. The memorial also features her own statue.  Congress (I) said Mayawati was wasting tax-payers' money. Lame excuse put forth by Mayawati was that statues were erected because Kanshi Ram's will requested that his statues should be constructed next to next of Mayawati. Thus for Mayawati her statues are more important than welfare of ‘dalit’, said Congress (I).

This article is posted by pressbrief.in