If Ram and Sardar Patel statue okay, then why not mine? Mayawati asks in SC
New Delhi| Former UP Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati pointed out to Sardar Patel statue in her defence in Supreme Court. She was replying to a petition filed by lawyer Ravikant for spending crores of rupees on the construction of her idols. Mayawati in her affidavit said that her statues and monuments in Lucknow and Noida are a symbol of public sentiment. “Given my work and sacrifice for the deprived and oppressed community during my tenure as Chief Ministers and being a Dalit woman leader, the statues are a symbol of respect and public sentiment towards me,” said Mayawati.
Mayawati has said that she could not go against the wishes of the assembly to install statues of Kanshiram. To justify her decision of putting up statues, Mayawati invoked the statue of Sardar Patel. She said that sculptures made of government expenditure in other parts of the country are not being questioned. She also said that the PIL is politically motivated to target her idols. The BSP chief pointed at Sardar Patel’s Statue of Unity in Gujarat and the announcement of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to make the biggest idol of Lord Rama in Ayodhya.
Calling the allegation of installing statues of her party symbol Elephants baseless, she said that it is not only her party symbol. Mayawati said, “In Indian and world culture, elephants have been recognized as a symbol of artistry and welcome.” She cited that the elephant statues are also installed in Rashtrapati Bhavan and other places.
During her stint as the Chief Minister of Uttar Prades, had built Dalit monuments in Lucknow and Noida. In the petition, lawyer Ravi Kant demanded the recovery of these sculptures from the government expenditure of Mayawati and BSP.
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Man held for attempting to encroach on 532 acres of forest, govt land near Bengaluru
Belagavi (Karnataka) (PTI): Karnataka Forest Minister Eshwar Khandre on Tuesday said that police have arrested a man for allegedly attempting to encroach upon 532 acres of forest and government land at B M Kaval near Bengaluru by submitting forged documents and obtaining court orders fraudulently.
He said the accused, M B Manmatha alias M B Nemannagowda, had earlier also attempted to claim ownership over 512 acres and 26 guntas of forest and government land in Chikkamagaluru's Mudigere by producing fake records.
In connection with the case, an Assistant Conservator of Forests had lodged a complaint at the Mudigere Circle police station on November 28, following which the Tahsildar also lodged a separate complaint, the minister said in a statement issued by his office.
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Based on these complaints, police registered an FIR and have now taken Manmatha into custody. "The investigation will reveal who were all involved in this conspiracy to encroach upon forest and government land," he said.
The FIR was registered against the accused at Mudigere police station in Chikkamagaluru district on December 13 under Sections 465 (forgery), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating), 469 (forgery for purpose of harming reputation), 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the Indian Penal Code and relevant section of the Karnataka Land Revenue Act.
Khandre further claimed that it had come to his notice that some officials and government advocates were directly or indirectly assisting those attempting to encroach upon government and forest land worth thousands of crores of rupees.
The minister said he has written to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah seeking a CID or Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the matter.
Warning of strict action, the minister said no one attempting to grab forest land using forged documents would be spared and termed the development a "wake-up call".
