Delhi BJP protests near Pakistan High Commission against Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s statue vandalism

NEW DELHI: Delhi Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Adesh Gupta led a demonstration on Wednesday near the Pakistan High Commission against the vandalisation of Maharaja Ranjit Singh's statue in Lahore.
Addressing the protestors, Gupta said what happened in Pakistan on Tuesday shows the mentality and fundamentalism of the people involved.
He demanded the arrest and severe punishment against those involved in the act of vandalism.

He also demanded that the outfit responsible for the act should be banned and the government of Pakistan should install the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh again with full respect and provide security in the area.
Gupta said that the protesters had gathered to raise the voice of the people of India.
The nine-foot-tall statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh was vandalised on Tuesday at the Lahore Fort and the act was condemned by India.
The central government had said that Islamabad has completely failed in its duty to prevent such attacks which are creating a ‘climate of fear’ among the minority communities
Leaders and workers of the BJP Yuva and Purwanchal Morcha with Sikh Prakoshth gathered at the Teen Murti area in Chanakyapuri around noon for the protest.

Union minister for housing and urban affairs and minister for petroleum and natural gas, Hardeep Singh Puri had tweeted on Tuesday – “Vandalism in Lahore of the statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji, the great unifier of India, has to be strongly condemned. This act which attempts to erase the shared history of the subcontinent shows how extremist ideologies feel emboldened in our volatile neighbourhood”