A group of Dalit lawyers Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut on Friday, 10 August, “purified” the statue of BR Ambedkar with ‘Gangajal’ after Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) Rakesh Singha reportedly garlanded it.
The BR Ambedkar statue, placed near the Meerut District Court was reportedly garlanded by BJP state secretary Sunil Bansal and Singha, earlier on 10 August, reported The Tribune.
“The BJP government oppresses Dalits. They have nothing to do with Ambedkar. But they do this to promote BJP and allure Dalits. So we purified the statue with Gangajal,” a lawyer told ANI.
According to ANI, a similar incident occurred in UP a temple in Hamirpur town Hamirpur town was ‘purified’ with 'Gangajal' and statutes of deities were sent to Allahabad for purification after BJP MLA Manisha Anuragi visited the temple.
Anuragi had visited the temple on 12 July while she was in her Assembly constituency to attend a function.
"Till today no women had entered the temple. Women are not allowed here. When Manisha Anuragi entered the premises, I was not there, otherwise, I would not have allowed her to enter," the priest of the temple told ANI.
(With inputs from ANI and The Tribune)
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