Statue hatred continues: Mahatma Gandhi’s statue damaged in Kerala, paint poured on Ambedkar’s bust in Chennai
Photo Credit ANI The vandalisation of statues of political and ideological figures across the country has found its latest victims — Mahatma Gandhi, and Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar.
According to ANI, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was damaged by unknown persons in Thaliparamba area of Kannur, Kerala. The spectacle of the statue was damaged. According to reports, the hooligans, who are yet to be identified, broke the spectacles on Gandhi’s statue before getting away in Thaliperambu area of the city. Also, unidentified miscreants poured paint on the bust of Dr BR Ambedkar in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai last night.
Kerala: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi was damaged by unknown persons in Thaliparamba area of Kannur. The spectacle of the statue was damaged. pic.twitter.com/D8Vtd24VDE
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2018
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“Ye pagalpan kahin rukega nahi. Jab kendra Sarkar kamzor rehti hai ya unke taraf se ishara jaata hai to aisi harkatein hoti jaengi. Kendra ko maan’na padega ki wo fail hai ya ye jaanbujh ke kara rahe hain. Akalmand ke liye ishara kaafi hai”, Renuka Chowdhury of Congress told ANI.
Tamil Nadu: Unidentified miscreants poured paint on the bust of Dr BR Ambedkar in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai last night. pic.twitter.com/sXtW8z49kz
— ANI (@ANI) March 8, 2018
In past three days, a statue of iconic Dravidian leader Periyar was vandalised in Tamil Nadu, while a statue of Jana Sangh leader Syama Prasad Mookerjee was targeted in West Bengal. Yesterday Dr BR Ambedkar, statues was targetted by miscreants in Meerut’s Mawana late on Tuesday night. It all started when the statue of Communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin was brought down in Tripura after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept the Left front government out of power in the state.