Chandrashekhar Azad heads the “Azad Samaj Party”, which is a political outfit of the Bhim Army. (File Photo) Bhim Army has announced that its chief Chandrashekhar Azad will visit the ‘Jaystambh’ in Pune on January 1 to mark the anniversary of the Battle of Koregaon Bhima.
Azad also heads the “Azad Samaj Party”, which is a political outfit of the Bhim Army. He will also address the crowd ahead of the civic elections in the city. The state government and district administration have started preparations for the huge gathering expected in the area.
Abhijit Gaikwad, who heads the Pune unit of Azad Samaj Party, in a press statement said, “This is the 200th year of the erection of Jaystambh. On this occasion, our party chief Chandrashekhar Azad and state president Rahul Pradhan will visit the Jaystambh on January 1. They will also address a rally in view of civic elections in 2022.”
Azad had visited the ‘Jaystambh’ for the first time on January 1, 2019.
As per the narrative of Ambedkarite Dalits, the British force that fought the Peshwas at Koregaon Bhima on January 1, 1818 comprised largely of soldiers from the Dalit Mahar community, who waged a “war for freedom” from the alleged castiesm of the Peshwas. ‘Jaystamvbh’, a military monument erected by the British in the memory of its soldiers who fought this battle, is located at Perne village.
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