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Dalit lawyers ‘purify'' Ambedkar statue after BJP leader garlands it

MEERUT: A group of Dalit lawyers in Meerut “purified” the statue of BR Ambedkar with milk and ‘Gangajal'' soon after it was garlanded by BJP state secretary Sunil Bansal on Friday.

Dalit lawyers ‘purify'' Ambedkar statue after BJP leader garlands it

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Meerut, August 11

A group of Dalit lawyers in Meerut “purified” the statue of BR Ambedkar with milk and ‘Gangajal' soon after it was garlanded by BJP state secretary Sunil Bansal on Friday.

The lawyers say the statue placed near the district courts here got “dirty” after Bansal garlanded it.

“We are purifying this statue because RSS's Rakesh Sinha came and garlanded it. The BJP government oppresses Dalits. They have nothing to do with Ambedkar, but still they use his name just to promote their party and lure the Dalit community,” said a lawyer.

He said Ambedkar played a pivotal role in inspiring the Dalit-Buddhist movement and campaigned against social discrimination against the untouchables.

In a similar incident, a temple in UP's Hamirpur town was purified with 'Gangajal' and statutes of deities were sent to Allahabad for purification after the visit of BJP MLA Manisha Anuragi.

Anuragi had visited the temple on July 12 while she was in her Assembly constituency to attend a function. ANI

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