SC refuses to interfere in Maya’s statue installing spree

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Agencies Tags : Maya statue, Supreme Court Posted: Friday , Jul 10, 2009 at 1250 hrs New Delhi:

'If the cabinet has approved it, then we can't do anything.'

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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.

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Statues are in political interest wasting public moneyBy: B S GANESH, BANGALORE | 12-Jul-2009 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 | 12-Jul-2009 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 | 11-Jul-2009 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 | 11-Jul-2009 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 | 06-Aug-2009 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 | 11-Jul-2009 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.

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