The mammoth public shrines to Hindu nationalism are a pet project of PM Narendra Modi and the right-wing BJP.
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Statue of Unity: Salaries Not Paid For Three Months, Workers Go on Strike
The workers including security guards, gardeners and ticket checkers reportedly formed a human chain outside the statue.
Statue of Unity Watches Over Those Who Seem to Think Kashmiris Have No Place in India: P Chidambaram
“The irony of the situation is depressing,” he wrote in a tweet.
Gujarat: Thousands of Tribals Take Out Protest March near Statue of Unity
“Tribals are being displaced in the name of this so-called development surrounding the statue,” said Shantikar Vasava, a tribal leader.
Statue of Unity: Drought-hit Kutch Farmers Protest Against Govt Diverting Water to ‘Boating Arena’
Gujarat govt is also planning a ‘water aerodrome’ which will add more pressure on the region’s water resources.
After Splurging Almost Rs 3,000 Cr on a Statue, Modi Govt Asks for Rs 100 Cr Aid for Polio Vaccines
Sanofi, the supplier of the inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) has declared that it would be increasing the drug’s prices in 2019.
Statue of Unity: Lift Carrying BJP’s Sushil Modi Gets Stuck, Twice
Close to Rs. 3,000 Cr has been spent on this vanity project by the Narendra Modi-led BJP government.
Statue of Unity: Incomplete Toilets, Parking Woes, 3 Hour-Long Queues; Twitter User Slams ‘Half-planned Proposals’
After visiting the monument, a Mumbai-based architecture student highlighted the lack of infrastructure and planning.
India Unveils the World’s Tallest Statue, Celebrating Development at the Cost of the Environment
The land on which the statue was built is an Adivasi sacred site that was taken forcibly from them.
Ram Statue, Temple Attempts To Distract Masses From Centre’s Failures: Shashi Tharoor
He said the trend of erecting statues reminded him of the Roman empire when people where distracted from the oppression they faced through ‘bread and circuses’.
To Take £1.1 Billion Aid From Us And Spend £330 Million On A Statue Is Total Nonsense: British Member Of Parliament On Patel Statue
The statue also attracted criticism from farmers and tribal folk in the area, whose land and farms had been taken away for the construction.