Erstwhile UPA government centre played a big fraud with the system when it allotted bungalow-numbers 6 Krishna Menon Marg and 12-14-16 Gurudwara Rakabganj Road at New Delhi to two foundations and trusts to indirectly convert these in memorials of late Babu Jagjiwanram and Manywar Kashiram respectively to bypass cabinet-decision of the year 2000 and also Supreme Court verdict dated 05.07.2013 in the matter -SD Bandi vs Divisional Traffic Officer, KSRTC & others- (Civil Appeal number 4064 of 2004)
Present BJP government should rather abandon all memorials (even of pre-2000 period) created at government-bungalows for former political leaders including Prime Ministers for re-utilising these for providing accommodations to entitled ones. Total ban on misuse of government-bungalows by allotting these to foundations and trusts should also be imposed so as to prevent any further misuse.
Union government should also go ahead with its plan to develop a super-privileged VVIP cremation-ground with proper security-arrangements especially to avoid wastage of prime-land for any future samadhis for departed VVIPs from the political community. It is indeed strange that only those from legislature get such super-privileged VVIP post-death honour. Even those requiring burial after death should also be buried in normal graveyards rather than providing special piece of land for their graves.
SUBHASH CHANDRA AGRAWAL