Statue was inaugurated in a Maryland suburb of Washington, DC, with hundreds of Indian Americans in attendance. It was designed by Ram Sutar, the sculptor who also created Statue of Unity in Gujarat.
The statue was cast in China by Aerosun Corporation, which also helped assemble it in India. But BJP says statue preaches humanity, focus should be on that.
Sukhu will defer half his own pay for six months; Group C, D employees and pensioners are fully exempt; Opposition calls it a budget that 'has gone backwards'.
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