Mayawati beats Modi in race for dalit legacy
November 4th, 2010
MANISH ANAND Share Buzz up!In a race to win the dalit legacy, UP chief
minister Mayawati has beaten BJP's poster boy and Gujarat chief
minister Narendra Modi. Both of them were competing to have their
respective tableaux during Republic Day parade on the same theme. But
the panel of experts, which has been assigned to screen the states'
proposals, decided that Mayawati's Uttar Pradesh has better claim over
Modi's Gujrat in showcasing Gautam Buddha and his legacy.
Now, the UP government's tableaux on January 26 parade will showcase
Buddha's teachings with the subtle message of empowerment of dalits.
The imprint of Ms Mayawati on UP's tableaux is also quite apparent
with the front portion showing Buddha's first disciple Anand accepting
water from an untouchable to stress the theme of dalit empowerment.
"Today, India is progressing fast towards the overall progress but a
large number of people are bearing the pains of being untouchable and
a great number of people are unaware of rights and duties. At such
junctures, instead of showing the monuments related to Buddhism it is
appropriate to project the messages that Lord Buddha wanted to convey
for the betterment of the society," the document submitted by the UP
government to the panel stated.
The face off between the two states took place after Gujrat and UP
presented their proposals for tableaux on Buddha. The UP government
went into overdrive to prove the first claim over the legacy of Lord
Buddha, as two states could not have been given a go ahead on the same
theme. The panel had asked the two state governments to present 3D
model of their proposals in a meeting on Wednesday where the UP
government was reportedly asked to go ahead with its proposal, while
Gujarat would showcase Buddhist monuments in its tableaux. Mr Laxmi
Narayan Chawla, consultant for the Mayawati government for tableaux,
stated that UP has the first claim over the Buddhist legacy, as two
(Sarnath and Kushinagar) out of the four Buddhist sites are in UP,
with the two other sites being Bodh Gaya and Lumbini.
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