Congress Plans Three-Day Campaign for Ambedkar Statue at Gwalior High Court
The campaign follows a court registrar’s approval being frozen by lawyer objections.
Overview
- The Madhya Pradesh Congress will hold door-to-door outreach from June 23 to 25 to press for a Dr. B.R. Ambedkar statue on the Gwalior bench of the High Court.
- Activities will include community discussions on the Constitution over a shared meal on June 24 and a day-long fast by senior leaders on June 25.
- A February approval by High Court registrar Yuval Raghuvanshi was suspended after rival groups of lawyers clashed over the installation site in March.
- Congress leaders allege the BJP and RSS are running posters in Gwalior to credit B.N. Rau instead of Ambedkar as the Constitution’s chief architect.
- BJP state president V.D. Sharma rejects the accusations, accuses Congress of being anti-Ambedkar and demands an apology for past remarks.