With the Modi Government allocating 200 Crore for the statue of Sardar Patel to come at Gujarat received a lot of flak. Now the Trinamool Party leaders and some of the BJP MP’s  are making  demanding for  a statue for Swami Vivekananda to come up at Kolkata.

The government's announcement on the Patel statue had attracted severe criticism both from political circles and the public as allocations for several other important schemes such as women's safety in cities and 'BetiBachao, BetiPadhao' scheme were seen to be far less and insufficient.

We are unable to understand as to why the government has to spend Rs.200 crore on a statue, if the statue is called as symbol of unity. Take for example the Swami Vivekananda Rock Memorial at KanyaKumari – it was built without the support of the government and a sum of only Rs 1 was collected from the  people of India under the  aegis of Shri Eknath Ranade and built.

The concept of Statues should not become an ego issue and it would be more befitting if we follow the teachings and ideas of these great people of the country. If we think that the system of getting statues erected has started from the culture of worshiping the idols then we need to rethink it over. If we cannot respect somebody without seeing the statue, then it is OK but do we need to spend so much.And we still haven’t forgotten about the rotting statues of Mayawathi and Y S Rajasekhar Reddy still waiting to be consecrated.

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