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14/04/2010
Mayawati paints Lucknow blue for Ambedkar anniversary
Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has virtually got the
city painted blue on the eve of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar's birth
anniversary.
Various memorials and monuments erected by Mayawati in different parts
of the state capital were draped in blue lights, while a net of tiny
blue lights was hung over every roundabout here.
Thousands of hoardings, posters, banners and buntings embossed with
pictures of the BSP supremo flanked all major thoroughfares of
Lucknow, which wore a festive look.
This was the second event within a month's span that Lucknow was
soaked in blue - the ruling BSP's colour - that had transformed the
city skyline. It was on March 15 - BSP founder and Mayawati's
political mentor Kanshi Ram's birth anniversary - when similar
adornment was witnessed here.
Besides her own pictures, Mayawati also made it a point to display
portraits of her party's ideologues and icons - Ambedkar, Narain Guru,
Shahuji Maharaj and Ramaswamy Periyar, besides of course Kanshi Ram -
all along the 18-km thoroughfare from the Lucknow airport to the
Ambedkar Memorial.
Other monuments, including Buddha Sthal, Kanshi Ram Memorial, Ramabai
Ambedkar Maidan, Kanshi Ram Eco Park, Prerna Bhawan etc., built by the
Uttar Pradesh chief minister at a cost of Rs.6,000 crore were also
decked up in blue. And so was the chief minister's official residence
as well as all key government buildings.
Hordes of BSP volunteers were expected to visit the state capital to
offer their tributes at the Ambedkar memorial, that was spruced up for
Wednesday's show.
Source: IANS
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