http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-04/lucknow/31121297_1_elephant-statues-lucknow-and-noida-mayawati-and-elephants
Finally, veils to go off Mayawati statues
IANS Mar 4, 2012, 12.22PM IST
LUCKNOW: Draped in pink sheets since Jan 11 following an Election
Commission (EC) order, the veils will at long last go off scores of
statues of Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati and elephants - the
poll symbol of her party - in public spaces across Lucknow and Noida.
These include nine statues of Mayawati and 156 statues of elephants in
Lucknow, and two statues of the chief minister and 52 of the Bahujan
Samaj Party (BSP) symbol in Noida, neighbouring New Delhi.
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In a late night decision Saturday, the EC ordered that the statues be
uncovered, following the completion of the voting process in Uttar
Pradesh.
The statues were covered on the orders of Chief Election Commissioner
(CEC) S.Y. Quraishi, after opposition parties complained that the
elephants, made at the cost of public exchequer, gave an "unfair
advantage" to the ruling BSP.
On Jan 11, the statues were covered, and over 2 km of pink polythene
was used to cover the 200 plus statues of elephants -- the BSP's party
symbol.
The statues of the chief minister at Bhimrao Ambedkar Samajik
Parivartan Sthal in Gomti Nagar in Lucknow and the Rashtriya Dalit
Prerna Sthal in Noida, were fixed by cardboards on iron scaffoldings.
The Dalit Prerna Sthal in Noida built at a whopping cost of Rs.685
crore has 30 elephant statues made of stone and 22 elephant statues
made of bronze. It also houses two life size statues of Mayawati.
State Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Umesh Sinha confirmed the
development and told IANS that the commission has issued orders to
this effect late Saturday night.
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