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Elephant Statue Stolen In Lucknow Park, Mayawati Calls Incident "Shameful"
- Thursday July 28, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
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".
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No Parks, Memorials If Elected, Says Mayawati, Drawing Loud Cheers
- Tuesday September 7, 2021
- India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, campaigning today for elections in the state next year, promised a big change from her last stint in power - no statues, memorials or parks.
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Mayawati Justifies Her Statues In Top Court: "Represent Will Of People"
- Tuesday April 2, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
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".
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"Don't Distort," Says Mayawati On Supreme Court's Reimburse Money Observation
- Sunday February 10, 2019
- India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi
A day after the Supreme Court suggested that former UP Chief Minister Mayawati return the crores she had spent on statues installed in parks across Lucknow and Noida, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief urged that the observation of the top court shouldn't be "distorted".
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On Mayawati Statue Row, Gathbandhan Partner Akhilesh Yadav Reacts
- Friday February 8, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday said BSP's lawyers will present their side before the Supreme Court, which expressed a tentative view that party chief Mayawati has to deposit the public money used for erecting statues to the state exchequer.
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Mayawati Has To Reimburse Money Spent On Elephant Statues, Says Top Court
- Friday February 8, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma
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.
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Memorials Built During Mayawati's Tenure As Chief Minister Under Scrutiny
- Thursday January 31, 2019
- India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
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...
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Apologise For Criticism Over Building Ambedkar Statues: Mayawati To BJP
- Wednesday October 31, 2018
- India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 'Statue of Unity', the world's tallest statue dedicated to freedom icon Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has asked the BJP and its ideological mentor RSS to apologise for criticising her government for getting statues of Dalit icons installed in parks in Uttar Pradesh.
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UP Elections 2017: Elephant Statues Won't Be Covered In This Assembly Polls
- Friday February 10, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
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.
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Mayawati's Elephant Statues Usher New Rules About Wasting Public Money
- Saturday October 8, 2016
- India News | Written by A Vaidyanathan (with inputs from agencies)
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.
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Delhi High Court Sends Back To Election Commission Plea To Cancel BSP Symbol
- Saturday July 9, 2016
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
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.
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Mayawati Condemns 'Vandalisation' Of Kanshi Ram's Statue In Haryana
- Tuesday May 31, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today strongly condemned the alleged vandalisation of party founder Kanshi Ram's statue in Haryana and demanded action against the guilty.
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Mayawati, Of Life-size Statues Fame, Swears Off Memorials, Pledges 'Vikas'
- Thursday April 14, 2016
- India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Mayawati, immortalized in dozens of statues in sprawling memorials in Lucknow and near Delhi, promised today: "No more memorials if I come to power."
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The politics of statues, from Gujarat to Maharashtra
- Sunday May 5, 2013
- India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta
When Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi visited Mumbai this week, he articulated his idea of honouring the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Mr Modi told a gathering at the Indian Merchant's Chamber, "I want a huge statue of Sardar Patel to be built and I will name it the Statue of Unity.
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Two more arrested for vandalising Mayawati's statue
- Tuesday August 28, 2012
- Lucknow News | Indo-Asian News Service
The Lucknow police on Tuesday arrested two more persons in connection with the July 26 vandalism of former UP chief minister Mayawati's statue. The two arrested youth were identified as Meerut resident Pawan Sharma and Shagun Tyagi of Bijnor.
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Elephant Statue Stolen In Lucknow Park, Mayawati Calls Incident "Shameful"
- Thursday July 28, 2022
- India News | Press Trust of India
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".
- www.ndtv.com
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No Parks, Memorials If Elected, Says Mayawati, Drawing Loud Cheers
- Tuesday September 7, 2021
- India News | Reported by Alok Pandey, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, campaigning today for elections in the state next year, promised a big change from her last stint in power - no statues, memorials or parks.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mayawati Justifies Her Statues In Top Court: "Represent Will Of People"
- Tuesday April 2, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
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".
- www.ndtv.com
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"Don't Distort," Says Mayawati On Supreme Court's Reimburse Money Observation
- Sunday February 10, 2019
- India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi
A day after the Supreme Court suggested that former UP Chief Minister Mayawati return the crores she had spent on statues installed in parks across Lucknow and Noida, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief urged that the observation of the top court shouldn't be "distorted".
- www.ndtv.com
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On Mayawati Statue Row, Gathbandhan Partner Akhilesh Yadav Reacts
- Friday February 8, 2019
- India News | Press Trust of India
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday said BSP's lawyers will present their side before the Supreme Court, which expressed a tentative view that party chief Mayawati has to deposit the public money used for erecting statues to the state exchequer.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mayawati Has To Reimburse Money Spent On Elephant Statues, Says Top Court
- Friday February 8, 2019
- India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Alok Pandey, Edited by Shylaja Varma
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Memorials Built During Mayawati's Tenure As Chief Minister Under Scrutiny
- Thursday January 31, 2019
- India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
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...
- www.ndtv.com
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Apologise For Criticism Over Building Ambedkar Statues: Mayawati To BJP
- Wednesday October 31, 2018
- India News | Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari
On a day Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 'Statue of Unity', the world's tallest statue dedicated to freedom icon Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has asked the BJP and its ideological mentor RSS to apologise for criticising her government for getting statues of Dalit icons installed in parks in Uttar Pradesh.
- www.ndtv.com
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UP Elections 2017: Elephant Statues Won't Be Covered In This Assembly Polls
- Friday February 10, 2017
- India News | Press Trust of India
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mayawati's Elephant Statues Usher New Rules About Wasting Public Money
- Saturday October 8, 2016
- India News | Written by A Vaidyanathan (with inputs from agencies)
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Delhi High Court Sends Back To Election Commission Plea To Cancel BSP Symbol
- Saturday July 9, 2016
- Delhi News | Press Trust of India
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.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mayawati Condemns 'Vandalisation' Of Kanshi Ram's Statue In Haryana
- Tuesday May 31, 2016
- India News | Press Trust of India
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati today strongly condemned the alleged vandalisation of party founder Kanshi Ram's statue in Haryana and demanded action against the guilty.
- www.ndtv.com
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Mayawati, Of Life-size Statues Fame, Swears Off Memorials, Pledges 'Vikas'
- Thursday April 14, 2016
- India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh
Mayawati, immortalized in dozens of statues in sprawling memorials in Lucknow and near Delhi, promised today: "No more memorials if I come to power."
- www.ndtv.com
-
The politics of statues, from Gujarat to Maharashtra
- Sunday May 5, 2013
- India News | Written by Saurabh Gupta
When Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi visited Mumbai this week, he articulated his idea of honouring the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhai Patel. Mr Modi told a gathering at the Indian Merchant's Chamber, "I want a huge statue of Sardar Patel to be built and I will name it the Statue of Unity.
- www.ndtv.com
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Two more arrested for vandalising Mayawati's statue
- Tuesday August 28, 2012
- Lucknow News | Indo-Asian News Service
The Lucknow police on Tuesday arrested two more persons in connection with the July 26 vandalism of former UP chief minister Mayawati's statue. The two arrested youth were identified as Meerut resident Pawan Sharma and Shagun Tyagi of Bijnor.
- www.ndtv.com