Friday, July 17, 2009

Religious Symbols, Relics and Statues with Public Funds - Wonders of a Secular State

Mr. Rahul Gandhi said that UP had all the place for statues but none for development and power. Mr. Gandhi is right. Only he somehow sees a difference between what Congress is doing in the whole country and what Mayawati is doing in UP. All new projects, roads, parks, colonies, airports, institutions etc. get only the Gandhi family names. I see no difference. Both Gandhi dynasty and Ms. Mayawati are busy sith self aggrandisement at the cost of the nation and the taxpayer. Mayaji has less time so she has to do it faster and more aggressively. The sycophancy and narcissism are two big gifts to the nation from Nehru-Gandhi dynasty. What is the wonder then if every neta wants something in his or her name at the cost of national exchequer?What Gandhi is missing is that Ms. Mayawati's expenditure is not on just 'Statues' She is building Bauddha Vihars and is promoting a particular religion with Government funds. Maybe he can't see that because his sister is a staunch Budhist as well. So much for secularism! How brazenly public funds are being channelised for promotion of Buddhism is appalling. And, where are the people? What about RSS, VHP, BJP and the so called Sangh parivar? And the Shankaracharyas?
No PILs? No comments in the papers. Nothing on the electronic media?

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