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Defiant Maya in garland rerun
17 March 2010
LUCKNOW/PATNA, 17 MARCH: In a defiant riposte to her critics, Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP chief Miss Mayawati got herself again garlanded with currency notes to the tune of Rs 18 lakh here today. Two days ago, the CM had provoked national outrage by accepting a similar garland worth as much as Rs 20 crore according to some estimates, but pegged at Rs 21 lakh by the BSP. Miss Mayawati announced a phased agitation from 27 March to expose her rivals.
As the Opposition fumed, state PWD minister Mr Naseemuddin Siddiqui rubbed it in. “Wherever she goes, she will henceforth be greeted with garland of notes and not of flowers,” he told reporters, adding: "Joh Behenji se takraayega woh mitti mein mil jaayega” (whoever challenges Mayawati will be crushed). He claimed that party members from 18 UP zones have contributed a rupee each for the garland. On the flip side, the BSP has sacked its Karnataka spokesman Mr YN Sharma, who on Monday disclosed that the garland the CM had received during a rally was made up of currency notes, even as the party said it was one of flowers from Mysore. In Patna, Mr Ejaj Ali MP, who was suspended for unruly behaviour over the women's quota Bill, did a Mayawati, with his supporters greeting him with a Rs 1-lakh money garland today.SNS
Defiant Maya in garland rerun
17 March 2010
LUCKNOW/PATNA, 17 MARCH: In a defiant riposte to her critics, Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP chief Miss Mayawati got herself again garlanded with currency notes to the tune of Rs 18 lakh here today. Two days ago, the CM had provoked national outrage by accepting a similar garland worth as much as Rs 20 crore according to some estimates, but pegged at Rs 21 lakh by the BSP. Miss Mayawati announced a phased agitation from 27 March to expose her rivals.
As the Opposition fumed, state PWD minister Mr Naseemuddin Siddiqui rubbed it in. “Wherever she goes, she will henceforth be greeted with garland of notes and not of flowers,” he told reporters, adding: "Joh Behenji se takraayega woh mitti mein mil jaayega” (whoever challenges Mayawati will be crushed). He claimed that party members from 18 UP zones have contributed a rupee each for the garland. On the flip side, the BSP has sacked its Karnataka spokesman Mr YN Sharma, who on Monday disclosed that the garland the CM had received during a rally was made up of currency notes, even as the party said it was one of flowers from Mysore. In Patna, Mr Ejaj Ali MP, who was suspended for unruly behaviour over the women's quota Bill, did a Mayawati, with his supporters greeting him with a Rs 1-lakh money garland today.SNS