In a bid to consolidate Dalit votes ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party announced that it would build a memorial for BR Ambedkar in Lucknow.
It will be like the Ambedkar memorial built during Mayawati’s tenure. The Yogi Adityanath-led UP cabinet on Friday cleared the land for the memorial and the foundation stone is expected to be laid on June 29 at the Lok Bhavan auditorium in Lucknow during a visit to the state by President Ram Nath Kovind.
President Kovind will lay the foundation stone of Ambedkar Cultural Center on June 29 at 11 am. CM Adityanath and Governor Anandiben Patel will also be present with him.
Under the plan, a 25 feet tall statue of Ambedkar will be installed at the Ambedkar Cultural Centre. An auditorium with a capacity of 750 people, a library, a museum, a research center will also be built.
The proposal to build the memorial was made by the cultural department, which was considered by the state government and later approved to go ahead with the plan.
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