New Delhi: The Election Commission has sought
a response from Mayawati-led Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) on
a complaint that installation of statues of the Uttar Pradesh
Chief Minister and other Dalit leaders would amount to
violation of model code of conduct.
The Commission has received a complaint and a copy of it
has been sent to the party seeking its comments by
August 12, EC sources said.
The Supreme Court had on July 10 refused to restrain the
Uttar Pradesh government from carrying out work for
installation of statues of Chief Minister Mayawati and other
Dalit leaders at a park in Noida adjoining Delhi.
The apex Court had said it cannot interfere in the matter
in which the approval has been granted by the state Cabinet.
Additional Rs 250 crore for tackling drought
Rubbishing news reports that the
state had not been many any allocation for drought in the
supplementary grants, the Uttar Pradesh government today said
a provision of Rs 250 crore had been made under this head.
"There are some misconceptions relating to the grants
with a section of the media reporting that no provision has
been made under the drought head. This is not correct," said
Additional Cabinet Secretary Vijay Shanker Pandey.
"I will like to clarify that the government has made a
provision of Rs 250 crore for drought in the supplementary
grants. This is in addition to Rs 330 crore allocated in the
general budget," he told reporters here.
Pandey said of the Rs 330 crore, only 32 crore had been
spent so far.
Bureau Report
First Published: Tuesday, August 04, 2009, 22:15