SC refuses to interfere in Maya’s statue installing spree

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 Cabinet. “If it has been approved by the government,this court cannot interfere,” a Bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan said,when an application seeking to maintain the status quo on the works was mentioned before it.

“If the cabinet has approved it,then we can’t do anything,” the Bench said.

The Uttar Pradesh government had proposed to install statues of several BSP leaders including that of Mayawati and party founder Kanshi Ram in the gigantic 4-km long walled area along the bank of river Yamuna in Noida.