Following the protest by members of Valmiki Samaj and Dalit Mahapanchayat against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, which resulted in the vandalism of AAP's election campaign van, the Delhi BJP asserted that the incident reflected public anger rather than "hooliganism.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national spokesperson Guru Parkash Paswan, speaking at a press conference, lashed out at Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, questioning why he did not have any answers regarding this unfortunate incident.
Athawale had held a press conference in Amritsar and further demanded that Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann should take moral responsibility and resign immediately.
A youth has vandalised the life-size statue of Ambedkar in Amritsar by climbing atop it and striking it with a hammer on Republic Day on Sunday. A video clip purportedly of the incident also went viral on social media.
On the alleged vandalisation of BR Ambedkar's statue in Punjab's Amritsar on January 26, Athawale said in a video statement, "...Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue is located in the area around Golden Temple. It was vandalised. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's government is responsible for this. I
Delhi Police detained BJP workers and leaders who were protesting against AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal and the Punjab Government regarding the vandalism of a statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar in Amritsar on Monday.
BJP MP Anurag Thakur on Monday accused the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) of being "anti-Dalit" following the vandalism of a BR Ambedkar statue in Amritsar, Punjab, where the party is in power.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Monday strongly condemned the vandalism of the BR Ambedkar statue in Amritsar, stating that no one will be forgiven for the incident.
The interim government led by Muhammad Yunus reaffirmed that the government holds a "zero-tolerance policy" towards attacks on shrines and authorities have been directed to take stringent actions against those responsible.
Gandapur was booked in vandalism case at Hasan Abdal police station. In today's hearing, the ATC declared Gandapur, as he continued to skip the hearings of the case despite repetitive summons, as per ARY News.