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Ambedkar statue vandalised at TN's Salem, highway blocked by protesters

  •   Sun, Dec 12 2021 07:05:02 PM

Chennai, Dec 12 (IANS): People, under the banner of several Dalit organisations, blocked at the Salem-Bengaluru national highway on Sunday after a statue of Dr B.R. Amedkar was found vandalised in Omalur town of Tamil Nadu's Salem district.

The statue was found with the right hand missing on Sunday morning and the police suspect the incident to have taken place on Saturday night.

Several Dalit outfits, including the VCK, blocked the road in protest to vandalism of the statue of the Father of the Constitution.

A strong police contingent reached the spot and held discussions with the leaders and registered a case. After that, the protestors dispersed.

Police are on high alert in the area as recently in Myladuthurai, there was stone pelting when VCK activists erected a three feet tall portrait of Dr. Ambedkar on his 65th death anniversary at Pattavarthi village which is predominantly having presence of Thevar community.

There was a spate of beheadings in south Tamil Nadu during September in a span of two days, with both Thevars and Dalits targeting each other over minor disputes. Police are on high alert whenever minor incidents occur affecting Thevars and Dalits and here also a huge police contingent was deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
  

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Sun, Dec 12 2021

    Why Godse, Savarkar, Upadhyaya etc memorials do not get vandalized by thier opponents???……Why only father of the nation, father of constitution and congress leaders who have sacrificed thier lives for the sake of the nation get vandalized by thier opponents who are anti national traitors????…….

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Sun, Dec 12 2021

    Frustrations seem to be running high all over India ...

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  • nawaz, kukkikatte

    Sun, Dec 12 2021

    Remove all the statues across india and spent those amount on Education and Health of indian population

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  • mohan prabhu, mangalore/canada

    Sun, Dec 12 2021

    Statues of leaders, whther Fathers or Mothers of the Constitution, should be erected only on the grounds of public buildings such as the Parliamentary grounds, Supreme Court grounds Assembly buildings in states, high court buildings, etc., and idols of Gods on temple/church property.... NOT in each and every public space like highways and parks... etc. How many statues have been erected of the Father of the Nation?

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  • Veer, Nagpur

    Sun, Dec 12 2021

    Nor there should be any undue, demeaning and insulting our motherland ceremonious procession with big photos during Independence day for those Jan Sanghis who were against Indian independence and killed Indian freedom fighters by allying with britishers.

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