Mayawati urges SC to stay away from statues issue

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has urged the Supreme Court to keep its hands off the controversy regarding the installation of her statues in the state. The state government, in its 51-page affidavit filed, reminded the apex court of its own 2008 judgement in which it said, "Judiciary should exercise self-restraint and eschew the temptation of encroaching upon the domain of Legislature and the Executive." Justifying the installation of statues of Dr B R Ambedkar, Kanshiram as well as her own, Mayawati contended that all expenses have been duly sanctioned by the state legislature and budgetary allocations of Rs 294 crore were made in the state budget. She has also contended the apex court should not entertain the PIL as the Centrally Empowered Committee, appointed by the court itself, has already seized of the matter. Ms Mayawati also denied the allegation that statues of only these persons were installed and cited the example of the statue of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee installed in the Institute of Technology and Management, Gwalior. She also cited the example of wax statues of eminent persons in Madame Tussauds Museum in UK. The UP government also gave details of huge allocations made for the upliftment of the poor and weaker sections as well as for all round development of the state in the state budget. According to the government, the cost of stupa in Noida was Rs 203 crore and not Rs 500 crore as alleged in the PIL filed by advocates Ravi Kant and Sukumar.

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