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Allahabad High Court grants relief to Mayawati in currency garland case | The Lucknow Bench of the Allahabad High Court on Monday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the alleged expenses of about Rs 200 crore, which includes the currency note garland that was presented to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati by her supporters during the Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) silver jubilee celebrations on March 15.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court Justice
Amitava Lala and Justice Anil Kumar dismissed the PIL after hearing both the parties.
Three local lawyers had filed the PIL on March 18. It was alleged in the PIL that
approximately Rs 175 crore of public money was spent in the 'maharally' and another
Rs 25 crore on the garland presented to Mayawati. The income-tax department is
investigation the source from where the money came for the giant currency garland
that was presented to Mayawati by her supporters. The Samajwadi Party and the
Congress both have demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into
the matter, questioning the source from where the money had come. Congress leader
Digvijay Singh has accused Mayawati of misusing public money, and said that she
is not the daughter of a Dalit, but the daughter of wealth. Yoga Guru Swami Ramdev
has also criticized her of doing business through politics. The multi-crore garland
was just a small part of the extravagant Rs 200 crore celebrations that marked
the BSP's 25th anniversary, and its founder Kanshi Ram's birthday, with a massive
rally in Lucknow. |
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