Mayawati welcomes UP govt scrapping Shivalaya Park plan in Kanpur’s Buddha Park

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Wednesday welcomed the Uttar Pradesh government’s reported decision to scrap the controversial proposal to build a Shivalaya Park within Kanpur’s Gautam Buddha Park, and thanked the state administration for the move.

Taking to X, Mayawati said, “Media reports today say the highly controversial proposal to build a Shivalaya Park at Kanpur’s famous Buddha Park has been



cancelled. 

This is welcome, and I thank the UP government for it. I hope the government will also take such conspiracies seriously elsewhere and act firmly against them so that peace, harmony and brotherhood in society are not disturbed.”

The BSP supremo had earlier objected to the project in a post on August 31, calling it “totally inappropriate” and warning that it could “spread unrest and hatred” if not stopped.