From The Times:
She may be an “untouchable” and only 5ft (1.5m) tall but Mayawati – India’s “Dalit Queen” and would-be Prime Minister – wants people to know that she is a giant among politicians.
The chief minister of the state of Uttar Pradesh has ordered officials to tear down her 12ft (3.7m) bronze statue and replace it with a larger one at a cost of almost £500,000.
Diwakar Tripathi, a spokesman for Mayawati (who uses only one name), said that the statue was removed this month – 45 days after its erection – because it was 3ft shorter than others in the centre of Lucknow, the state capital. The new one was 15ft tall and weighed 20 tonnes – the same as the others, he told The Times.
Previously in AW: Mayawati: Untouchable and unstoppable
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