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SC refuses to interfere in Maya’s statue installing spree

New Delhi: The Supreme Court refused to restrain the Uttar Pradesh government from carrying out work for installation of statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and other Dalit leaders at a park in Noida. The apex Court said it cannot interfere in the matter in which the approval has been granted by the state ....Read more

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SC FOR STATUESBy: kim | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 7:02:38 AM Reply | Forward WHEN BILLIONS ANUALLY ARE SPENT ON UPKEEP OF GANDHI AND NEHRU DYNASTY`S DEATH PARKS AND STATUES WHY NOT ANY MONEY BY MAYAWATI.IT IS A FACT THAT THE POLITICAL ROGUES ARE EVEN AFTER DEATH CAUSING HUGE LOSSES OF RVENUE TO NATION IN MAINTAINING FALSE PROPAGANDA OF THEIR GREATNESS TO FOOL MAJORITY OF PEOPLE OF INDIA, WHOSE SELFISHNESS MAKE THEM WORSHIP THE DEAD,FOR VOTE BANK POLITICS.

supre court decision and expectationsBy: subbarao | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 3:07:06 AM Reply | Forward Dear Editor: This decision of supreme court in a way should enlighten the public that the fundamental mistake lies in electing wrong people as our government representatives. If we elect right people, those with high calibre and character we will be less worried about our nation is governed and its consequences. It seems to me that our system of governance is malfunctioning at every level including Supre Court. In olden days people were told that Kings can do anything they want and cannot be questioned. During British time we were told British can do anything they want and their judges cannot be criticized or questioned and must be obeyed. During our time our cabinet and government can do whatever they want and court and public cannot correct or question even when the decisions are blatently wrong. We cannot be critical of judges because they can never go wrong. Is this the fate of Indians to have very sick people running the country and ruining the nation and cannot be corrected.

What Honourable Supreme Court today said is unfortunate.By: Himani Bhakuni , An architect and IAS aspirant | Friday , 10 Jul '09 23:49:55 PM Reply | Forward I am shocked to hear from media that Supreme court has declined to hear the petitioner regarding an interim stay order on the ongoing dream projects of Ms. Mayawati saying that since the state govt. has done every thing duly passed and apporved by state assembly and hence we will not interfare sends a shock wave to all the poor people across the country.If this is not unconstitutional than nothing is unconstitutional in our country.People will loose faith in judiciary as well if this will be approach of the Honourable Supreme Court whio is the custodian of Constitution.

Mayawati StatueBy: BNG | Friday , 10 Jul '09 23:18:22 PM Reply | Forward It is the sweet will of Apex Court judges to or not to interfere in the Cabinet decision. Tomorrow if the cabinet decides unanimously to sell the state to an outsider, will it be a silent spectator. Cabinet is sacrosanct or the Constitution - a new question has come up now. Mayawati has a phobia for the statues. She is blind to the public problems. The state is lagging in all sectors whether it is education, health, employment, social security etc. She is uttering the names of Kanshi Ram and Dr. Ambedkar. The facts are that she never cared for Kanshi Ram when he was alive and she has never read Dr. Ambedkar. Has she ever cared to meet Mrs. Savita Ambedkar and their son Prakash to know about the philosophy of Dr. Ambedkar. Now with this decision of Supreme Court the people are dejected and disappointed. It was the last hope for them. Thank God she or her ilks were no where around during the early period of Independence. God save this country.

people's need for answersBy: Hitesh | Friday , 10 Jul '09 23:01:02 PM Reply | Forward what is happening is not right. people need answers to the money they pay as taxes to the government.and what do we get in return?a government that does not listen to people's needs?MAYAVATI STATUES?are we a nation or an add agency propogating leaders like Mayavati? we are a country of great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Bhagat Singh, Subhash Chandra Bose and many more respectable names to fit in this short message. and what will the coming generations see? instead of heros of this nation this country's next generation will see adds being put up on streets!is this what we call freedom where a political leader does whatever he / she wants and gets away with it?i think the statues need to be pulled down and Mayavati along with her party be banished from the nation's governing cycle.its vital we do that or we'll only see statues of politicians being put up and work never taking place.SC putting its hands up on the matter is a shame. we demand an action be taken.

Fear of death and annihilation?By: shanthanu | Friday , 10 Jul '09 20:07:42 PM Reply | Forward Mayavathi has erected many of her own statues probably fearing that days are not far when the people of UP will throw her to dustbin and she will be forgotten very soon. But the irony is the same UP populace do not have the bakbone to agitate and condemn the wasteful expenditure which should have gone for their welfare.

what a shame.............By: Amol Joshi | Friday , 10 Jul '09 19:45:58 PM Reply | Forward It feels very sorry to read what the supreme court said. The UP govt. is erecting statutes at the cost of public money, which really contributes nothing to UP's development. Tomorrow the cabinet will take few more decisions like this one that will waste lot more money for no reason. Is the Supreme court going to repeat the same statement in future also? The supreme court is the only institution that receives lot respect from common man. If the supreme court does not provide remedy now, misuse of public money will continue to take place rather it will increase by leaps and bounds..........

what a judgementBy: ysmuzumdar | Friday , 10 Jul '09 18:48:51 PM Reply | Forward by this way cabinet can pass any resolution and bestow the benefits to any cabinet minister.please in future don't ask how many statues a person has created.there will be competion from jayas,badals,mamtas,yeddiruppa.let the u.p.cabinet pass a resolution to spend rs.1 crore each on marraiges ministers legitimate and illegitimate children.we honest people pay all taxes for these present day maharajas and maharanis.

How long will we watch helplessly?By: Abhaya S Dash | Friday , 10 Jul '09 18:43:09 PM Reply | Forward Supreme Court is probably right in rejecting. But this can come under the purview of CAG and AG of UP.What about the other checks and balances provided by the constitution and the various Acts made thereunder? If our great leaders, politicians and bureaucrats are helpless after cornering all the powers under the constitution for themselves, what the common man is expected to do? That too, when the little power that he is given to excercise once in five years is taken away by the so-called great leaders by guile and deceit. This is one of the worst facet of democracy in India; again thanks to our great leaders.Now an MP or an MLA is equated with the 'Raja Saheb' of the yesteryears(except probably in the big cities/metropolises). So the CMs are the Emperors. The solutions to this will eventually come out through the inner contradictions of the decaying systems and values. Till such time, the wretched common men of the largest democracy of the world will have to wait and suffer.

Mayawati's StatueBy: Manish | Friday , 10 Jul '09 18:33:31 PM Reply | Forward Hi allI will say that we get the government that we deserve. Uttar Pradesh though being rich in all kind of resources is not able to elect a right government then why to blame Maya, Mulayam or SC.No one wishes to do something on their own just writing here wouldnt make a difference rather a resonance of frustration will have a multiplier effect and frustrate us more. If we need to get rid of this kind of cheep and ill minded people we need to elect our representatives very carefully and by keeping aside our local personal gains. As its a matter of some 100 crore but this state is loosing more than that every day in several departments. People are forced to move out of the state for employment and are being attacked and hated by citizens in other sister states.. UP is being branded similar to BIHAR as a totally corrupt state and corrupt people. This can't be done by government but only by the society itself.

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