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BRS protests after Narsampet civic body razes statue pedestal of ex-MLA
BRS protests after Narsampet civic body razes statue pedestal of ex-MLA
Municipal officials in Narsampet, Warangal district, demolished a pedestal for a statue of former BRS MLA Peddi Sudharshan Reddy in the late hours of Sunday, saying no permission had been obtained. The…
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Municipal officials in Narsampet, Warangal district, demolished a pedestal for a statue of former BRS MLA Peddi Sudharshan Reddy in the late hours of Sunday, saying no permission had been obtained. The pedestal had been built on private land opposite the Government Medical College at Sarvapuram. BRS leaders and hundreds of cadres staged a rasta-roko protest on Monday, leading to a scuffle with police. Former minister Errabelli Dayakar Rao and other senior leaders condemned the action. Party leaders said the statue was meant to be unveiled during the ex-MLA’s 11th-day memorial and alleged the demolition was at the behest of ruling party leaders.
The Indian Opinion
Statue politics often pits public sentiment against bureaucratic procedure, but both sides here have questions to answer. BRS cadres performed a bhoomi pooja and built a pedestal without waiting for permission, then cried foul when the municipality enforced rules. The Congress-ruled municipality, however, demolished it at night, forcing a confrontation rather than issuing a stop-work notice. Neither dispute over a dead leader’s memory nor the sanction of a medical college. The real test will be whether both sides now sit down and secure proper approvals before erecting the statue elsewhere.
Source: telanganatoday.com
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