Condemn the Demolition of Ambedkar Statue in UP
CPI (ML) Red Star strongly condemns the demolition of the statue of Dr Ambedkar in Sahookara, UP under the fascist saffron regime. This is in continuation of the ongoing, systematic demolition, defacement and vandalism committed on the statues of Ambedkar, the architect of Indian Constitution and leader of the ‘untouchable’ Dalits, and also inseparable from the ever-mounting atrocities on them by the upper caste elite with the overt and covert patronage of the fascist Yogi government.
While the district administration has interpreted the issue as use of “light force” by police to “respectfully” remove the ‘illegal statue’, according to available information, personnel from five police stations were involved in demolishing the statue with bulldozer using brutal police force on the Dalit community. This is not an isolated incident. While the Dalits, as part of their political consciousness against Manuvadi Hindutva, are installing statues of Ambedkar, which is a symbolic assertion too, vandalism on these statues by upper-caste Brahmins with the support of police and administration is a widespread trend in UP nowadays.
CPI (ML) Red Star resolutely condemns BJP government’s selective fascist offensives against the Dalits, that too at a time when the upper elite castes are freely erecting their icons all over the country with official patronage. We call upon all democratic forces to come forward opposing this heinous move by the fascists.
P J James
General Secretary
CPI (ML) Red Star
New Delhi
November 21, 202
