NAGPUR: Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati's state-level rally scheduled at Kasturchand Park on Sunday will also reflect the extravagant display of money power.
The Bahujan Samaj Party chief would address the rally from the stage which would be a replica of the historic Red Fort at Delhi. The stage will be built at a cost of Rs 20 lakh.
BSP workers in Nagpur roped in local decorator Digambar Bagde to erect the monument's replica.
Bagde said the replica has been built in such a way that it withstands rain. To recreate the backdrop, Bagde used two trucks of thermacol and to build the set, he and his team of 25 artists from Chitrakala Mahavidyalaya worked almost 16-18 hours a day since February 5.
Bagde spent more than a week doing preparations. "I have never visited New Delhi, so I downloaded images of the Lal Qila. It was of great help. Two huge elephants will be erected on both the sides of the stage," he said.
Bagde used water colours to paint the fort and also sprayed sand on the wall to give an authentic look of a fort wall. The Rs 20 lakh expense for creating the replica Bagde's biggest contract yet.
Rajya Sabha MP and BSP national general secretary Veer Singh, who is also party incharge of Maharashtra, refused to divulge the amount being spent for Mayawati's visit in Nagpur.
However, party insiders told TOI that around Rs 1 crore was being spent for the success of the party's chief visit to Nagpur.
At least 10 huge cutouts will be erected at the venue. Besides, banners have also been erected in north Nagpur and in other areas where there is sizeable Dalit population.
Meanwhile, on the eve of Mayawati's rally on Sunday, over 1,000-odd BSP workers from across the state have already reached there.
Party workers from Nanded, Pune, Mumbai, Thane, Nashik, Aurangabad, Latur and adjoining districts are here to hear Mayawati.
Local party workers were deployed at the railway station and ST stand in Ganeshpeth to guide the incoming party workers, said BSP corporator Kishore Gajbhiye.
The party has a growing presence in the Nagpur Municipal Corporation with 12 of its candidates serving as corporators in the civic body.
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