The Supreme Court on Friday observed that prima facie the BSP chief has to pay back all the public money she used to erect status of herself and the BSP symbol, the elephant, in Noida and Lucknow when she was the Chief Minister.
Supreme Court says prima facie BSP leader Mayawati has to pay back all the public money spent on statues while hearing a plea seeking direction to restrain her from spending public money on building statues. CJI Ranjan Gogoi says it would hear the plea on April 2. (file pic) pic.twitter.com/I6vWjTujfR
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Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has said that the court would hear the plea on 2nd April.
The Court was hearing a petition filed by an advocate who had contended that public money cannot be used for creating own statues and for propagating political ideologies. Mayawati, during her tenure as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, built the statues, parks and memorials at a cost of over Rs 2,600 crore in Noida, Lucknow and a few other places.
