Statue vandalism Row: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi damaged in Thaliparamba
Statue vandalism Row: A statue of Mahatma Gandhi damaged in Thaliparamba
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Incidents of attack on statues of the Communist idol is underway, today a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was damaged by unknown persons in Thaliparamba area of Kannur. The spectacle of the statue was also damaged.

 Earlier a day Lenin, social reformer Periyar and right-wing intellectual Shyama Prasad Mukherjee idol also damaged and  Tripura, Tamil Nadu has staged protests after that Security has been deployed in these states amid protests.

 In Tamil Nadu, Unidentified miscreants poured paint on the idol of Dr. BR Ambedkar in Tiruvottiyur, Chennai last night.

 Yesterday Rajnath Singh asked Tripura governor to ensure harmony.

Concerned over such incidents, Union home minister Rajnath Singh asked Governor Tathagata Roy and state DGP AK Shukla to make sure peace and harmony until the new BJP-IPFT government takes charge.

In West Bengal,  Bharatiya Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mukherjee's bust was vandalized in Kolkata's Kalighat, at Keoratola Mohasoshan, Kolkata after that PM Narendra Modi also spoke to HM in this regard & has expressed his “strong disapproval” of such incidents.

MHA has asked the states that they must take all necessary measures to prevent such incidents.

“Persons indulging in such acts must be sternly dealt with & booked under relevant provisions of law, “Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said.

Incidents of the toppling of statues have been reported from certain parts of the nation. MHA has taken serious notes of such incidents of vandalism. 

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