Samvidhan Ki Shapath: Politics intensifies on Mayawati' statue

The Supreme Court is hearing a PIL filed in 2009, which says the Mayawati government had used Rs 2,000 crore public money to build her statues and BSP's symbols. The petitioner argued that state budgets cannot be used to the propagate agenda of any political party.
Mayawati has also said, "Statues represent the will of the people as expressed by the decision of elected representatives. Assembly legislators wanted to put up statues of Mayawati as example of Dalit women's struggle along with those of Kanshiram."