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Ramjirao
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Post Number: 66 Registered: 02-2019
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Mayawati Has to Pay Back Public Money Used for Erecting her Statues, Says SC The remarks were made by a bench hearing a petition filed by an advocate who had contended that public money cannot be utilised for creating own statues and for propagating the political party. In connection with alleged financial irregularities in constructing these memorials, the UP Vigilance Department had registered a complaint in 2014, when Akhilesh Yadav was the chief minister, whose government alleged the scam had resulted in the loss of over Rs 1100 crore to the government exchequer and unlawful gain to public servants and private individuals. New Delhi: BSP supremo Mayawati may be asked to pay back the public money she spent as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in erecting statues of herself and party symbol 'elephant'. On Friday, a bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi did not take kindly to the former CM's decision to use public exchequer for constructing grandiose stone images of herself and the BSP’s electoral symbol in several places, including Noida and Lucknow. "We primarily think Ms Mayawati should return this money she has spent from the public exchequer on statues, elephants," remarked Justice Gogoi. Notably, the PIL filed by advocate Ravi Kant in 2009 against the installation of statues was coming up before the CJI for the first time when he expressed his tentative view. The judge added: "Please come prepared on the next date of hearing. We are posting this on April 2. And you now know our tentative view." The comment from the bench prompted senior lawyer and BSP MP Satish Mishra to seek a date in May, perhaps because the voting for the general election is likely to take place in April and the party would not want any adverse news against its top leader around the voting. |