151 Ambedkar Statues Vandalised Across 72 Uttar Pradesh Districts: Akhilesh Yadav
· India · The Hindu, India Today
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav alleged that 151 statues of B.R. Ambedkar were vandalised across 72 districts of Uttar Pradesh during the BJP's nine-and-a-half-year rule in the State. He released a 'Samajwadi audit report' documenting the incidents, which span from March 24, 2017 in Gautam Buddha Nagar to a later reported incident in Seemandhra. Yadav claimed arrests were made in only 14 cases, while 84 incidents had no action taken against any identified accused. The SP leader called the vandalism a deliberate attempt to humiliate marginalised communities and followers of Dr. Ambedkar.
Why it matters
The allegation places accountability on the BJP-led State government for what the SP describes as a sustained pattern of attacks on symbols of social equality, directly affecting Ambedkarite and Dalit communities across Uttar Pradesh. The report's documentation of low conviction and action rates raises concrete questions about law enforcement response to hate crimes against constitutional symbols.
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