Mayawati Elephant Statues

A statue of an elephant installed at the Ambedkar Memorial Park here was stolen, prompting Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati to call the theft "shameful and worrying".

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati on Tuesday justified her life-size statues built in Uttar Pradesh with crores in public money when she was Chief Minister, telling the Supreme Court they represent the "will of the people".

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has to reimburse the public money spent on installing hundreds of elephant statues in parks in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow and Noida, the Supreme Court said today.The elephant is the symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP.

Memorials with giant statues of elephants and BSP icons, built during Mayawati's rule in Uttar Pradesh, were under scrutiny today as the Enforcement Directorate raided half a dozen places in state capital Lucknow. The raids come weeks after the CBI launched an inquiry into the role of Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati's alliance partner in UP for the nation...

Unlike the last Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, statues of elephants, the BSP's poll symbol doting various parks and memorials in Lucknow and in Noida, will not be under wraps this time.

No political party would be allowed to use public funds and government machinery to publicise its political symbol, the Election Commission has said, amid a legal tussle over elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh installed during the Bahujan Samaj Party's rule.

Delhi High Court on Friday remanded back to the Election Commission a plea seeking cancellation of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol 'Elephant', for alleged misuse of public funds by the erstwhile Mayawati government in installing statues of the pachyderm across the state.

A Rajasthan-based supplier has alleged that he was duped of Rs 3.05 crore in payment of stone and statue work done at BSP supremo Mayawati's residence and three memorials.

Police in Lucknow have begun investigations into an alleged financial fraud in the elephants statues installed by the BSP government in Lucknow and Noida. The police allege tender norms were possibly tailor-made to favour certain contractors, who sold the stone statues to the government at highly inflated prices.

A search was carried out on Monday at the office of Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (RNN) in Gomti Nagar for alleged irregularities in installation of statues of elephants at parks in Lucknow and Noida, police said.

A day after the seven-phase polls ended in Uttar Pradesh, the covers have gone off the statues of chief minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol, the elephant, which were under the wraps for almost two months on the direction of the Election Commission (EC) for the assembly polls.

The Election Commission (EC) today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to uncover statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and the elephant, the BSP's poll symbol, in the state.

In the high-pitched claims and counter-claims battle that UP elections 2012 is, Chief Minister Mayawati could well say next that even the Gods are with her. For what the Election Commission (EC) doth do, a strong breeze can undo.

A day after the Uttar Pradesh government complied with the deadline to cover all statues of Chief Minister Mayatati and her party's election symbol, the elephant, the Bahujan Samaj Party has hit out at the Election Commission saying the decision hurts the sentiments of the downtrodden.

Authorities today completed draping statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Mayawati and the BSP poll symbol, elephant, at various parks and memorials in Lucknow and Noida, even as the Allahabad High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the Election Commission (EC) order.

A statue of an elephant installed at the Ambedkar Memorial Park here was stolen, prompting Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati to call the theft "shameful and worrying".

Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati on Tuesday justified her life-size statues built in Uttar Pradesh with crores in public money when she was Chief Minister, telling the Supreme Court they represent the "will of the people".

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has to reimburse the public money spent on installing hundreds of elephant statues in parks in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow and Noida, the Supreme Court said today.The elephant is the symbol of the Bahujan Samaj Party or BSP.

Memorials with giant statues of elephants and BSP icons, built during Mayawati's rule in Uttar Pradesh, were under scrutiny today as the Enforcement Directorate raided half a dozen places in state capital Lucknow. The raids come weeks after the CBI launched an inquiry into the role of Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati's alliance partner in UP for the nation...

Unlike the last Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, statues of elephants, the BSP's poll symbol doting various parks and memorials in Lucknow and in Noida, will not be under wraps this time.

No political party would be allowed to use public funds and government machinery to publicise its political symbol, the Election Commission has said, amid a legal tussle over elephant statues in Uttar Pradesh installed during the Bahujan Samaj Party's rule.

Delhi High Court on Friday remanded back to the Election Commission a plea seeking cancellation of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol 'Elephant', for alleged misuse of public funds by the erstwhile Mayawati government in installing statues of the pachyderm across the state.

A Rajasthan-based supplier has alleged that he was duped of Rs 3.05 crore in payment of stone and statue work done at BSP supremo Mayawati's residence and three memorials.

Police in Lucknow have begun investigations into an alleged financial fraud in the elephants statues installed by the BSP government in Lucknow and Noida. The police allege tender norms were possibly tailor-made to favour certain contractors, who sold the stone statues to the government at highly inflated prices.

A search was carried out on Monday at the office of Rajkiya Nirman Nigam (RNN) in Gomti Nagar for alleged irregularities in installation of statues of elephants at parks in Lucknow and Noida, police said.

A day after the seven-phase polls ended in Uttar Pradesh, the covers have gone off the statues of chief minister Mayawati and her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) symbol, the elephant, which were under the wraps for almost two months on the direction of the Election Commission (EC) for the assembly polls.

The Election Commission (EC) today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to uncover statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and the elephant, the BSP's poll symbol, in the state.

In the high-pitched claims and counter-claims battle that UP elections 2012 is, Chief Minister Mayawati could well say next that even the Gods are with her. For what the Election Commission (EC) doth do, a strong breeze can undo.

A day after the Uttar Pradesh government complied with the deadline to cover all statues of Chief Minister Mayatati and her party's election symbol, the elephant, the Bahujan Samaj Party has hit out at the Election Commission saying the decision hurts the sentiments of the downtrodden.

Authorities today completed draping statues of Uttar Pradesh Chief Mayawati and the BSP poll symbol, elephant, at various parks and memorials in Lucknow and Noida, even as the Allahabad High Court dismissed a PIL challenging the Election Commission (EC) order.