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A migrant labourer poses in front of the line of elephants. 60 sandstone elephants weighing 10-13 tonnes and costing approximately Rs. 800,000 (US$ 15,900) are lined up at the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Smarak Parivartan Sthal built by Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati in Lucknow, India. Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making structures and sand stone monstrosities using public funds in the state capital, Lucknow.
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THE SIGNIFICANCE OF U.P IN INDIA ELECTIONS
A migrant labourer poses in front of the line of elephants. 60 sandstone elephants weighing 10-13 tonnes and costing approximately Rs. 800,000 (US$ 15,900) are lined up at the Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar Smarak Parivartan Sthal built by Uttar Pradesh chief minister, Mayawati in Lucknow, India. Mayawati is channeling huge state funds into making structures and sand stone monstrosities using public funds in the state capital, Lucknow.