Thousands throng Ambedkar Memorial
Express News Service Posted online: Monday , Dec 07, 2009 at 0147 hrs
Lucknow : To mark the 53rd death anniversary of Dr B R Ambedkar, the
ruling Bahujan Samaj Party mobilised thousands of party workers and
supporters at Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Samajik Parivartan Sthal (Ambedkar
Memorial) in Lucknow on Sunday.
In the past, the event was organised near the Dr Ambedkar statue in
Hazratganj. This was the first time it was held at the Ambedkar
memorial.
Earlier, the Supreme Court had refused to entertain a plea from the
Mayawati government seeking permission to undertake maintenance and
cleaning work at the premises in view of Sunday's function.
This is the second time the memorial was thrown open to the public
after the Supreme Court had stopped all activity inside memorials on
September 12. The state government, thereafter, had barred the public
from entering the memorial.
The memorial was first opened on September 17, when Chief Minister
Mayawati laid the foundation of Kanshiram Green Eco Garden near the
Kanshiram Memorial.
Mayawati, who reached the venue around 10.30 am, paid a floral tribute
to Dr Ambedkar at the auditorium. She spent over 15 minutes there.
She was accompanied by senior officials including Chief Secretary Atul
Gupta, Cabinet Secretary Shashank Shekhar Singh and DGP Karamvir
Singh.
Most of the visitors who came from Lucknow and adjacent districts like
Barabanki and Sitapur, said they reached the state capital after
receiving a message from the local leaders of the ruling BSP.
"I received a message from my district president Ratan Lal Gautam on
Saturday to bring all party supporters," said Sant Ram Gautam, BSP
Sector President of Surat Block in Barabanki district. "I passed the
message among our people. The vehicle was made available to us by
Saturday evening."
Ram Kumar, convener of the Bahujan Volunteer Force (BVF) in Lucknow's
Itaunja area, said he received the message to reach Lucknow on
Saturday.
Santosh Kumar, a resident of Allunagar in Digoria on IIM-L road, said
the BSP supporters were mobilised by Rakesh Gautam, the local member
of the Block Development Council.
Ram Kumar, president of BSP's Aishbagh area of Lucknow, said the party
district unit held a meeting of the party workers on November 4.
"The plan to come to Lucknow was discussed at the meeting. The final
message came to me on Saturday," he added.
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