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Congress leaders astatine the protestation tract successful Bareilly, Friday. (Express)
The Congress has stepped up its protestation demanding the reinstallation of a statue of Jawaharlal Nehru, which was removed successful February for the beautification of a crossing successful Bareilly, aft a statue of the erstwhile premier curate was recovered discarded successful the area. The territory administration, however, claims that the statue removed from the crossing has been “safely stored.”
For the past month, Congress leaders and workers person been demanding the statue’s reinstallation, submitting memorandums to the officials acrophobic to expedite the operation and reinstall the statue. Congress leaders were exerting unit arsenic they planned to observe Jawaharlal Nehru’s commencement day astatine the aforesaid determination connected November 14.
“Around 20 days ago, we met the territory magistrate, requesting that the statue beryllium reinstalled and warned that we would protestation if our request wasn’t met. As the statue wasn’t reinstalled, we began our protestation astatine Gandhi Chauraha from November 5. Four of us, including myself, person been connected hunger strike, portion different enactment members are besides supporting america astatine the protestation site,” said Ashfaq Saqlaini, Bareilly territory president of the Congress.
Sources said the beautification enactment is being done astatine assorted places successful Bareilly nether the Smart City Scheme.
He added that portion protesting, they received accusation that a statue of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was recovered successful a garbage country astatine Mission Ground, astir 200 metres from the protestation site. Upon receiving the information, Congress leaders reached the spot and recovered the statue.
“The statue was successful mediocre condition. The territory medication has disrespected the country’s archetypal Prime Minister by leaving his statue successful a garbage area. This whitethorn not beryllium the statue removed from Gandhi Chauraha, but we volition not tolerate seeing a statue of Jawaharlal Nehru kept successful specified a condition,” said the territory president. He added that helium and chap Congress person K D Tripathi are present protesting adjacent the determination wherever the statue was found.
“The different 2 leaders are inactive protesting astatine the Gandhi Chauraha,” helium added.
A section authoritative said the protestation implicit the re-installation is besides connected with the bypolls connected 9 Assembly seats successful the state. When contacted, Bareilly Municipal Commissioner Sanjay Maurya said beautification enactment astatine the crossing is successful advancement and that the statue of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, removed from the site, volition beryllium reinstalled. “The statue removed from the crossing is being kept safely,” helium added.
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