Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav Friday said BSP's lawyers will present their side before the Supreme Court, which expressed a tentative view that party chief Mayawati has to deposit the public money used for erecting statues to the state exchequer.
The SP and the BSP have recently forged an alliance for the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
"I don't have full information about this. The court might have made some observations. BSP's lawyers will put their side in the court," Yadav said.
The court, earlier in the day, said it was of the tentative view that Mayawati has to deposit public money used for erecting statues of herself and elephants, the party's symbol, at parks in Lucknow and Noida to the state exchequer.
A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has posted the matter for final hearing on April 2.
Attacking the BJP without taking its name, the SP chief said, "A statue is going to be installed in the Lok Bhavan here. We will also install a statue of SP leader Ram Sharan Das there."
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