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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to issue a stay order on the installation of Bhaujan Samaj Party supremo and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's statues in a Noida park.

Passing the order, the Supreme Court said that the court cannot intervene in such matters until and unless a case of misappropriation of fund is made.

A PIL was filed by advocate Ravi Kant seeking a stay on installation of statue of Mayawati and other Dalit leaders in Noida.

Both Congress and Bharaitya Janata Party (BJP) refused to comment of the SC order but advised Mayawati not to erect her statues.

"The issue is both legal and moral. The UP Chief Minister should concentrate on the drought like situation we are seeing in the state instead of wasting money on building her own statues," said Congress spokesperson Manish Tewari.

The BJP, too, echoed similar views.

"I don't want to comment on the court's observation but I would like to tell madam Mayawati that in no democracy leaders have erected their own statues in their lifetime, except for Saddam Hussein in Iraq," said BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad.

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