Ramzz Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 Lucknow: Mayawati spent 86 crores of taxpayers' money to renovate a home in Lucknow, according to details shared in response to a Right to Information (RTI) application. The home in question occupies five acres of prime land in Uttar Pradesh's capital. This was not the politician's official residence for most of her term as Chief Minister. It was given to her when she was Leader of the Opposition in the mid-1990s. During her years as Chief Minister, she spent lavishly on upgrading the home. It includes a bullet-proof verandah, a huge statue of herself and the party's symbol the elephant, massive granite walls, and a 14-room guesthouse. Mayawati moved into this house because she believed it was lucky for her a few months before the recent elections. She was proven wrong - she lost heavily to the Samajwadi Party. Details of her extreme home improvement were sought by Samajwadi Party leader Shivpal Yadav who filed a Right to Information (RTI) request before his party was elected to power. Mr Yadav, who now has charge of the Public Works Ministry, has ordered an inquiry to determine how the money was released to Mayawati. Source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/mayawati-spent-rs-86-cr-renovating-her-residence-208216?pfrom=home-topstories
Nova Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 The house sprawls over 5 acres of prime land in Lucknow's Mall Avenue and is guarded by 20-feet-tall walls made of sandstone from Rajasthan. Originally, 13 Mall Avenue comprised only 2.5 acres, but Maya added an adjoining plot which housed the cane commissioner's office and had this building demolished. The main building is single-storeyed and has six inter-connected rooms. They open on to a wide corridor, which contains rows of lockers. On a wall in this corridor hangs a neatly framed large picture of Mayawati taking her first oath as UP chief minister in 1995. Outside the corridor is a verandah with only two windows, both fitted with bullet-proof glass. Each window cost Rs 15 lakh and was specially designed for the house in Chandigarh. There's a separate two-storeyed well-furnished guesthouse with 14 bedrooms on the same campus. All rooms have pink Italian marble flooring in keeping with Maya's fondness for pink stone. This building also has a meeting hall, a security room, garages and drivers' rooms. The lush green lawn of the house that used to be its beauty was converted into a floor made of pink granite. There are two 20-feet statues on the premises, one of Mayawati and the other of her mentor later Kanshiram. Besides, there are five marble statues of elephants. The buildings were not finished at one go, but involved tearing down of interiors several times because Maya was often not fully satisfied. One bathroom in the main building was redone about a dozen times because Behenji did not find it to her taste, an official said. To secure the house, the home department put up a barbed fencing round the boundary walls. A close-circuit TV network kept close watch on visitors. The renovation of this bungalow was clubbed with the building of parks and memorials erected in memory of Dalit icons. The job was assigned to the Nirman Nigam, which accorded top priority to the bungalow's renovation. More: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Mayawati-spent-Rs-86-crore-of-public-money-on-her-bungalow/articleshow/13057942.cms
Texy Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 Y does this elephant need bullet proof window...she can deflect missiles with those thunder thighs
Ramzz Posted May 9, 2012 Author Posted May 9, 2012 86 crore just to "upgrade" a house. Must be some house...they are all in it...auditors, site surveyors, ministry officials. Hopefully, they will all be prosecuted.
Sachin=GOD Posted May 9, 2012 Posted May 9, 2012 and then she wonders why the people of UP booted her out...
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