Protest against damage to Ambedkar statue
YADGIR: The desecration of the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar statue at Bendarwadi village in Malavalli taluk of Mandya district on Wednesday had its impact in Yadgir city with hundreds of Dalits, under the banner of Dalit Sangharsha Samiti, staging a protest near the Dr. Ambedkar Circle.
Condemning the incident, the activists staged a rasta-roko from Shastri Chowk to Gandhi Chowk in the city for more than 30 minutes.
The protesters alleged that the “failure” of the police to take stringent action against the perpetrators of the earlier attacks on the statues of Dr. Ambedkar and on the Dalits had encouraged them to continue their mischief.
They demanded that the government arrest the culprits and provide adequate protection to the statues of national leaders.
The samiti members submitted a memorandum to the district authorities.
Source: The Hindu
