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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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Statues are in political interest wasting public moneyBy: B S GANESH, BANGALORE | Sunday , 12 Jul '09 14:25:47 PM Reply | Forward I feel since our country has too many poor people struggling for food and some are committing suicide due to hunger and loans statues are not required and are in political interest qasting public money only with selfish interest. Hence it is better Supreme Court revises its decision.B S GANESH, BANGALORE

where the money went?By: Jaggu | Sunday , 12 Jul '09 14:08:16 PM Reply | Forward the issue is not errecting of the status, the issue is who made the status? why they needed 1000 crs

Statue installation in UPBy: shanthanu | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 12:36:43 PM Reply | Forward No body would have bothered about Statue erection if 1000 crores of Rupees were not spent from the public funds. It is immaterial whether Mayavathi fits into the definition of a Dalit or Kanshi Ram may be called one. If you are really interested in the upliftment of Dalits would not this huge sum have gone a long way in ameliorating their sufferings atleast to some extent, instead of going down the drain as it is an unproductive expenditure??

installation of staqtues of lalit leadersBy: harikumar | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 11:39:04 AM Reply | Forward what is the harm? In US you could see the decisions of white settlers who came to Pacific coast much later to the effect that any one bringing the head of an Indian (native american) or a wolf will be awarded 5 dollars. the upper caste hindus played their role when they had the power. Now Mayawati has the polwer and she will play it.What is wrong with it? These things happen in the course of history. Let us not make an issue out of it.Action and reaction are equal and opposite. The white man abused the black by making them slaves. The role is now getting reversed. Vajpai is the last Brahmin PM of India. Earlier all the PMs and CMs were Brahmins. Now no Brahmin could become a PM or CM in India. That's the course of history and there is no sense in finding fault with Mayawati. after all she is not Obama for he had white woman as his mother and black african as his father. But Mayawati's parents were both scheduled caste. Mayawati is right in her actions. Allow her the freedom .

Waste not, Want not.By: Bhaiyya | Thursday , 6 Aug '09 18:17:03 PM Reply | Forward What is the harm? Allow her freedom. What is wrong with it? All very pithy statements reking of bias towards a woman who spends 1000's of crores of taxpayers money.Let alone the millions of poor,the common man of UP needs more speciality hospitals,better education,there are droughts and floods and food shortages which are the needs for the moment.So where does a chief minister's priority lie? In the welfare of her people or in the flattery of her egotistical image? If Brahmin PM's and CM's wronged their people.It is now the scheduled caste CM who is in competition with them commit a greater wrong.Such a pitiful competition at the sacrificial cost of the common man's money.When dying without food,will tyhe poor lick the statues in thirst or eat the dust leftover from the building of these monuments.probably a 100 or 200 years from now, a child will look at these elephant statues and wonder why so many had to bve made just to learn what a pachyderm looked like.The child may never come to know the truth that millions could have been fed with the money that was used to build it. Asoka is remembered for his great works of philanthrophy, rather than the monuments that he built.Mayawati could have taken a leaf out of his book, if she aspired to be the foremost great Dalit ruler of this land.

SC Decisions.By: RN | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 10:27:19 AM Reply | Forward SC is interested only in certain cases, which the Justices seem convenient to them. All parties use such platforms for keeping their leaders name alive. e.g. The new Airport of Hyderabad, the new Sea Link in Mumbai, all named after Rajiv Gandhi. Now, we had Mr. PVN Rao who was a Chief Minister, held many ministerial posts at the Centre and finally even became a PM, if not enough, he was a Congress person. Still the boot lickers in Andra Pradesh did not bother to name to such a good personality who turned around the Indian Economy to an enviable position as of now. Nobody wants to make the mistake of Mahatmaji - he did not care for his family - for that many of Indians still do not know howmany children he was having, instead the people India will have ansers for the family of Priyanka, the latest so called Gandhis. This is why many of them, including Mayawati is looking after her selfish interest only.

UP and West Bengal are special States in India.By: SC Aggarwal | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 10:21:01 AM Reply | Forward I think Supreme Court of India is right in not interfereing the work being done by the UP Government. Behan Mayawati, as Chief Minister is doing what she thinks is in the best interest of the masses of UP and constructing statues is one of such programmes. What is wrong in it? Some times people are very angry over the developmental works being done in UP and West Bengal. But both in UP

We can remove he government by electionBy: Ganesh Ram | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 9:44:13 AM Reply | Forward Let the next government come and remove the statues and put Motilal/Jawaharlal/Kamala/Indira/Rajiv/Sonia/Rahul/Priyanka's statues instead. You know there is a park called Kamala Nehru Park in Mumbai. Can any one tell what is her contribution to India??

Stop the 'caste' atrocities By: Redmaple8 | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 8:56:57 AM Reply | Forward I am shocked to hear that we have still 'caste' atrocities happening against our fellow citizens in spite of Mayawati directing her police officers to stop these crimes. This is what we should talk about not the statue or the parks which bring work and tourist to the state of UP. Many of these writers do not have the same of enthusiasm when it comes to caste discrimination.

instead of seeing the dim light shown by mayawati, every backward must see the glow in themsenves.By: sarma | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 7:57:55 AM Reply | Forward alas if only the backwards get educated properly without wasting more time and more money as has been done in 60 yrs of independance, they dont have to depend and look further into reservations. they will gain sense and see and differentiate good from the bad,stupid and moron.it has to come from withen and no mayawati can change the lives of the downtrodden except exploitation. congress is no exception. these statue bussiness must be finished off for good by those people who have elected her to power.how can a dalit enjoy a decent his life just by visiting a dalit park and sitting at the feet of a statue is beyond anybodies imagination. if a backward does not want to come out of his stupidity and ignorance, no amount of money, good will, efforts , and great leaders can help them.

Maya's StatueBy: peshori ahuja | Saturday , 11 Jul '09 7:44:45 AM Reply | Forward In democracy the three wings "Executive", "Legislature", and "Judiciary" are considered to be independent of each other,By arguing that since Cabinet has given the permission the SC cannot interfere, the Judiciary has conveyed that they have to go by what Executive does.With best regards to the Judiciary, the ruling tends to show that Judiciary is obedient to Executive.

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