Bhopal: Congress General Secretary
Digvijay Singh today dubbed as "blatant display of vulgar
wealth" the two giant currency garlands gifted to Uttar
Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati by BSP workers.
"I do not think that such a blatant display of vulgar
wealth will help Mayawati in anyway and I feel that in the end
it will work against her," Singh told.
The senior Congress leader said he did not believe in
the theory that the money for the notes used in the garlands
had come through subscriptions from Bahujan Samaj Party
workers, who greeted their party president with currency
garlands on two occasions, celebrating 25 years of the party.
"Everyone knows that BSP workers are poor and they
cannot raise the money needed to make such costly garlands,"
he said.
Singh alleged that the money has been acquired by
corrupt means by leaders and officials in various departments
of Uttar Pradesh.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 16:29