“Dalit Queen” under fire
On June - 30 - 2009
India’s “untouchable queen” who is one of the country’s best-known politicians has come under fire after the Supreme Court questioned her spending about $425 million on erecting statues of herself and her party leaders.
The top court had given Mayawati, a Dalit who has been touted as a future prime minister, four weeks to respond to allegations that she has erected dozens of statues with public funds in Uttar Pradesh, one of India’s poorest state.
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