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You really think that. look Usa also have library of congress but they still think that it not enough so they have liberty statue and mount Vernon and Rushmore as symbolism as idol of nationalism and respect of their leaders
No. A library does not have the same economic prospects that a grand tourist structure does like the worlds largest statue.
If made, it would become a defining landmark of Gujarat like Statue of Liberty is for NY. It would bring millions of tourists coming to see it.
Sir ji we have library of many famous people including Bhagat Singh etc but it couldn't count look every nation have symbolism eg Usa have statue of liberty , mount Rushmore as symbolism including library of congress we need It to be symbol of nationalism for our comming generations.
You need to understand that it does not matter whether it was gifted or not.Stop comparing it with Statue of Liberty. What's your fetish with that? Statue of Liberty was a a gift by France.
The statue is part of University,theme parks,Research InstituteNo issues with the 33 million statue, but is it really necessary, instead a 100 million Sardar Vallabh Bhai Patel Public Library would have been cooler.
Sirji What about mountain Rushmore what's it's relevance and mount Vernon (jeorge Washington) plus Lincoln statue and whole memorial dedicated for him in Washington it's part of symbolic nationalism that's why we have amour jaan Jyoti at india gate with gun and helmet of unknown soilder as symbol &respect of our Soilders that's why we hoist our flag from all quila as it is relavance of secular india.Do you even read what you write? Statue of Liberty does not 'respect' their leaders in any way. It was a gift by people of France and idolizes the liberty that Americans believe in. And the number of libraries and their economic benefits in America are far far more than any statue that they have. Economic benefits mean not only the 'cash' but more than that. The building of a nation, which got its priorities right.
Stop comparing it with Statue of Liberty. What's your fetish with that? Statue of Liberty was a a gift by France.
Look these idols are strong impact on idea of o nationalism if you have been too Washington might seen a Lincoln memorial there its because of its have relavance it's shows what sacrifice (CIVIL WAR)US made to achieve its goal to be a nation.The memorial impacted on the coming generation as cultivated a idea of nationalism in them by remembering Lincoln sacrifice for the uniting nation as United States.Yes, you might be correct... I am not very good at understanding the national sentiment having lived outside for almost 7 years now, it's just when it comes to India, hypocrisy creeps into me where I feel," arre yaar, itte paise kahi aur kharch karte to achha hota." ... that's my desi flaw...
Modi budgets $33 million to help build world's tallest statue
BY FRANK JACK DANIEL, NEW DELHI Thu Jul 10, 2014 8:29pm IST
Narendra Modi waves towards supporters while flagging off vehicles with resource kits for collection of iron and soil to build ''Statue of Unity'', a 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, in Ahmedabad December 28, 2013
(Reuters) - Prime Minister Narendra Modi has set aside $33 million of government money to help fund the construction of the world's tallest statue, a project close to the newly elected leader's heart.
Modi launched the project to build the bronze-and-iron statue - which aims to be twice the height of the Statue of Liberty at 182 metres - half a year before he was elected prime minister in May to honour one of the country's founding fathers Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
The tribute was widely seen as a bid to break the grip over India's post-independence history of the Nehru-Gandhi ruling dynasty that Modi sought to unseat in the election.
Patel was the deputy of first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru as well as his home minister, but was often at odds with him.
The total cost of the project, estimated at some $338 million, was originally to have been fully funded by the government of Gujarat, the home state of both Modi and Patel, and public donations.
The announcement that the central government would chip in, which was buried in a two-and-a-quarter-hour budget speech by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday, quickly sparked a debate about whether the expenditure was justified.
Some users of social media noted that the money allocated was the same as the amount allocated for women's safety, in a country plagued by violence against women, and twice that to promote education for girls.
Others said the statue, which is to be built on a river island in Gujarat, would be a major global tourist attraction, which justified the outlay.
"Sardar Patel stands as the symbol of the unity of the country," Jaitley said in the speech to parliament.
Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) credits Patel with using strong-arm tactics against the hundreds of princes who ruled parts of India at the time of independence to forge a united republic.
Many in Gujarat feel his legacy has been neglected by the once mighty Congress party.
Nehru and his descendants ruled India for most of the period since independence from the British in 1947, and numerous development projects are named after Nehru, his daughter Indira and her son Rajiv Gandhi.
Modi seems bent on creating a nationalist symbol in Patel that strays away from the legacy of a dynasty that he blames for many of India's ills, including poverty and corruption.
Modi has previously said that every Indian "regrets Sardar Patel did not become the first prime minister. Had he been the first prime minister, the country's fate and face would have been completely different."
Modi budgets $33 million to help build world's tallest statue| Reuters
Mr Modi's imagination is the biggest factor, he was elected to continue the powerful and unconstrained style fantasy, we these neighbors are happy to see such an unrealistic, India's prime minister.