\u00a0If all goes well, Uttar Pradesh will soon get a temple dedicated to Chief Minister and Dalit icon Mayawati, whose statues already dot the sprawlind state.The temple is proposed to be erected in the poverty-stricken Mahoba district in Bundelkhand, economically the most backward region in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n
It will come up in Natpura village, about 300 km from here.<\/p>\n
“Of course, we are planning to install her idol in the temple that will come up on my private land,” Kanaihya Lal, a Mahoba-based lawyer, told IANS over telephone.<\/p>\n
Lal is not a functionary of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) but a Dalit. He says he got provoked by the hue and cry over a garland of currency notes gifted to Mayawati on her birthday last month.<\/p>\n
“If her critics take exception to a garland of currency notes, I wish to say that we are all set to build a temple where her followers will be free to offer such garlands every day,” he said.<\/p>\n
He says: “Indira Gandhi was weighed in silver way back in the 70s in Mahoba. But no one found that outrageous. Just because (Mayawati) is a ?Dalit ki beti’ (daughter of a Dalit), all hell seems to have broken loose.”<\/p>\n
Local officials have told him that since the proposed idol in the temple would be that of a living person, it would be appropriate to obtain formal permission from the person.<\/p>\n
“Under the circumstances, I will now move a request to the chief minister through the district BSP coordinator,” Lal said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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