Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has referred to as for the instant restoration of statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar, and different nationwide leaders to their unique positions within the Parliament complicated. In letters addressed to Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman, Kharge criticised the arbitrary relocation of those statues, stating it undermines the elemental spirit of democracy.
“The elimination of those statues arbitrarily, with none session, violates the essential spirit of our democracy,” Kharge emphasised in his letter. He additional famous that the statues have been initially positioned at distinguished areas following intensive deliberation and consideration, highlighting their immense worth and significance.
Kharge’s letters, despatched individually to the Lok Sabha Speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman, talked about the existence of a devoted committee for the set up of portraits and statues of nationwide leaders and parliamentarians inside the Parliament Home Complicated. Nevertheless, Kharge identified that this panel, the Committee on the Set up of Portraits and Statues of Nationwide Leaders and Parliamentarians within the Parliament Home Complicated, has not been reconstituted since 2019.
Sharing the textual content of my letters to the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and Speaker of the Lok Sabha on the relocation of statues of main leaders within the Parliament Home complicated.
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— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) June 19, 2024
“Therefore, such choices made with none correct dialogue and deliberation with related stakeholders are in opposition to the foundations and traditions of our Parliament,” Kharge said.
He demanded that the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, and different nationwide leaders, who drastically contributed to the unity and integrity of the nation, be restored to their unique areas with due respect and regard.
The Congress social gathering has expressed robust objections to the shifting of the statues. Opposition events have continuously organised protest marches and agitations inside the Parliament complicated, particularly in entrance of the statues of Gandhi and Ambedkar, in honour of their significance in India’s democratic and social justice actions.