Ambedkar statues broken under BJP rules
Lucknow, April 15 -- Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday took a swipe at the ruling BJP, alleging that a party under whose rule the most statues of BR Ambedkar were vandalised is now trying to send a "false message" by releasing funds for their beautification under the 'Dr Ambedkar Moorti Vikas Yojana'.
On the occasion of Baba Saheb's 135th birth anniversary, Yadav paid rich tributes to Dr BR Ambedkar at his statue in Lucknow.
Taking a dig at the BJP-led government's decision to release a budget of Rs 403 crore for installing umbrellas over Ambedkar statues installed in the state and other beautification works, Yadav said that the party is giving a "false message before the elections by giving the budget".
"During the last 10 years of the BJP government, the maximum number of statues of Dr Ambedkar were broken and those who are going to break them are the same people who want to give a false message before the elections by giving the budget. But the people of Uttar Pradesh are wise and also wary of the conspiracies of the BJP," the SP chief said....
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