Seeking to justify the use of nearly Rs 3,200 crore of public funds for building grandiose memorials and statues of Dalit icons, including of herself, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati yesterday said the money earned from tourists visiting the spots will be used for development.
Seeking to justify the use of nearly Rs 3,200 crore of public funds for building grandiose memorials and statues of Dalit icons, including of herself, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati yesterday said the money earned from tourists visiting the spots will be used for development.
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"Since the monuments built to commemorate our ideologues would eventually come up as attractive tourist spots and would naturally make a lot of earnings through entry fee, I have decided to use all the gate money towards development of villages named after Babasaheb Ambedkar and Kanshi Ram," said Mayawati.
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief has ordered nearly three dozen statues to be installed in different parts of the city.
The statues include that of Dalit icons like Ambedkar, Kanshi Ram and seven of herself.
There are five memorials also in various stages of constructions in the city and nearly 60 redstone elephant statues the BSP party symbol.
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