MP: Ambedkar statue found damaged in Sehore
Sehore, Mar 15: A statue of Dr BR Ambedkar was allegedly damaged by some unidentified persons at a village in Madhya Pradesh's Sehore district, police said on Tuesday.
The incident took place at Muskara village in the district on the intervening nights of Monday and Tuesday, an official said.
Following protests by Dalit organisations and a complaint lodged by villagers, a case was registered against unidentified persons at Mandi police station, he said.
The statue of Dr Ambedkar in Muskura village was found damaged on Tuesday morning, Mandi police station in-charge Hari Singh Parmar said.
It is possible that someone damaged the statue in an inebriated state, he said, adding that the place is frequented by people from the nearby villages.
According to locals, a statue of Dr Ambedkar was similarly damaged in the village two years ago as well.
Taking to Twitter, state Congress president Kamal Nath said that the incident had taken place in Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's home district Sehore and a similar incident had taken place in the village earlier as well. I demand that the government take strict action against those involved and take all possible measures to ensure that such incidents will not recur, he tweeted.
मध्यप्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री के गृह ज़िले सिहोर ज़िले के मुस्करा ग्राम में बाबा साहेब डॉ. भीमराव आम्बेडकर जी की प्रतिमा को क्षतिग्रस्त करने की घटना घटी है।
— Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) March 15, 2022
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V D Satheesan thanks Congress leadership for selecting him as Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram (PTI): Congress CM candidate for Kerala V D Satheesan on Thursday thanked the party high command for giving him such a "huge responsibility".
Satheesan, speaking to reporters here, also thanked Congress general secretary K C Venugopal for coordinating the AICC efforts and supporting all party activities which helped it achieve a huge victory in the assembly polls in the state.
He also thanked senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala, who worked as the campaign committee chairman, for his role in the party's win, saying "he is my leader also".
Both Venugopal and Chennithala were also in the race for the CM's post.
Satheesan said that he will take both of them into his confidence going forward.
He also thanked the lakhs of party workers and the UDF coalition partners for helping him achieve the post of chief minister, which he termed as "a divine gift".
Satheesan said the party will work to deliver on the promises made to the public and to improve their standard of living.
