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Ambedkar statues vandalised in two UP districts, protests erupt
Statues of B.R. Ambedkar were vandalised overnight in Hasnapur village, Unnao district, and Chandpur village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday. Villagers, mostly Dalits, held sit-in protests demanding action against the culprits.…
The Story in Brief
Statues of B.R. Ambedkar were vandalised overnight in Hasnapur village, Unnao district, and Chandpur village, Etawah district, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday. Villagers, mostly Dalits, held sit-in protests demanding action against the culprits. The administration installed new statues at both sites to pacify the protesters, and police said cases have been registered. The opposition Congress called the incidents an organised design to humiliate the Dalit community. Senior Congress leader Ajay Kumar Lallu said the vandalism sends a signal that Dalits are second-class citizens.
The Indian Opinion
The Congress claim of an 'organised pattern' is a serious accusation that needs evidence, not just rhetoric. Vandalising Ambedkar statues is a crime that hurts the Dalit community's dignity. But the convenience of blaming 'feudal elements' every time misses the messy reality of local feuds, land disputes, and petty crime. The question to test whether this is a pattern: what do police FIRs and arrests over the next week reveal about the culprits' motives and links?
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