From where did the funds come for the BSP Maha Rally?
The Supreme Court should take action against leaders who spend huge amount on rallies which are of no use to the poor and common man.
IT IS highly surprising that Mayawati, Chief minister of Uttar Pradesh and party president of Bahujan Samaj Party has spent crores of rupees for the preparations for the 'maharally' in Lucknow and with the administration acting like a BSP volunteer force. Where are the funds coming from? Uttar Pradesh Government had some day earlier said that it has no money to spend to help the victims of the Pratapgarh stampede.
The occasion was described as a celebration to mark the party's silver jubilee for which its founder Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary on March 15 (a public holiday) was considered ideal. The manner in which crowds have been mobilized, from each of UP's 71 districts, shows the desperation on the part of the ruling party to prove that they could still pull huge crowds.
Massive hoardings have come up all over the capital, even in prohibited areas, and the municipal corporation, instead of removing them, is a mute spectator.
As many as 1600 buses were hired from the state transport corporation besides some 800 private buses to take these special guests on a conducted tour of the city essentially to let them have a feel of the grand memorials built by Mayawati for her party icons, along with her own statues.
Massive hoardings have come up all over the capital, even in prohibited areas, and the municipal corporation, instead of removing them, is a mute spectator.
As many as 1600 buses were hired from the state transport corporation besides some 800 private buses to take these special guests on a conducted tour of the city essentially to let them have a feel of the grand memorials built by Mayawati for her party icons, along with her own statues.
The arrangements have been undertaken on a war footing. And it was no mean task to cater for the boarding and lodging of 30,000 special guests. New mattresses, bed-sheets and even toiletries have been arranged under a quite aesthetically erected tent-colony on the sprawling Smriti Upwan which includes a truly grand giant-sized dining hall as well as 2000 toilets.
What does the BSP seek to prove with this event? The widespread criticism about Mayawati's whimsical expenditure of more than Rs. 6000 crores on memorials and statues (including her own) had failed to dent her popularity with her constituency of dalits. There is no functioning of the state capital. All administration departments are working for the rally round the clock. Does all this come under government duty? The Supreme Court should take action against leaders who spend huge amount on rallies which are of no use to the poor and common man.
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