Friday, October 14, 2011

FDI in sculptor making coming soon

Amidst the recent trends to allow Foreign Direct Investments( FDIs) in all sectors of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises(MSMEs), the union government's next move will see 100% FDI opportunities in the field of sculptor making. According to Dalit think tanks, this move is under pressure from the Mayawati led Uttar Pradesh government.

Even before a final formal announcement by the UPA II government, the UP state government has initiated talks with the sculptor making giants Madame Tussuad's based in London. If sources are to be believed, Mayawati has already placed an order for 1000 statues of herself along with some of Ambedkar and of some other dalit activists.

In the Memorandum of Chutiyaaps(MOC) signed between UP government and Madame Tussuad's, Mayawati has clearly mentioned that all her statues have to be in black as any other color could be detrimental to her massive dalit vote banks.Also, she wants the statues to portray all of her purse-collection, for which she is separately planning a museum as well.Moreover, she is not happy with the use of wax and is adamant for the use of a stronger substance.

Recently Mayawati was in the capital for a meeting with UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi asking her to fast track this FDI move. She also promised to erect Rahul's statue(as if she is capable to erect something else) in Bhatta parsual. On allegations that such expenditure of public money was extravagant, she said that statue work creates a lot of employment in the state and she also plans to add this under National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. With more professional statues in the tunnel, the state of UP now plans to claim the 'UN world heritage site' honor.




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