New Delhi, April 7 -- Mayawati's case in the Supreme Court over the installation of her statues in public places has revived the question of whether these are a waste of public funds. The Bahujan Samaj Party chief reportedly spent upwards of Rs.2,000 crore of taxpayer money on having likenesses of herself put up in parks at Noida and Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, during her stint as chief minister from 2007 to 2012. The country's top court observed that she ought to return the money to the state exchequer. In her defence, she asked why building statues of her should be deemed wrong if such memorials built in honour of others, including Lord Ram, have attracted no objection....