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MAYAWATI STATUE CASE Symbol freezing: BSP for combined hearing Posted in BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY, MAYAWATI by lawreports on March 20, 2010 TIMES OF INDIA NEW DELHI: BSP wants to rope in Congress and other parties to face the music in the Election Commission regarding freezing of election symbols on allegations that they had spent money from public funds to build distinct brands by installing statues, naming roads and institutions. What bothers BSP is the EC’s decision to hear the spate of complaints separately and on Friday it pointed out to the Supreme Court that clubbing them together would be prudent as they involved the same issue — misuse of public money to further the party and its election symbol. Mentioning an application by BSP, UP additional advocate general Shail Kumar Dwivedi told a Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan and Justices Deepak Verma and C K Prasad that the EC was treating each complaint separately and asking the party to file response. The Bench posted the application for hearing on Monday. Allegations in a complaint filed by advocate Ravi Kant against BSP pertained to installation of scores of elephant statues in Lucknow and other parts of the state accusing the Mayawati government of furthering the election symbol of the party. A similar complaint filed by one Manoj Agnihotri listed out how almost all political parties, including Congress and BJP, had misused public funds to name welfare schemes, roads and institutions after their leaders to create a brand for themselves among the electorate. BSP wants these complaints to be heard together by the EC, which the latter has declined. ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
