Indian National Father figure Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Leicester, UK was damaged as an agony expressed in wake of 1984’s Operation Bluestar by Indian army in Golden Temple at Amritsar.
Captions displaying “Never forget 84” and “We want justice #84” has been sprayed on the base of the statue in Leicester’s famous Golden Mile of Indian-origin restaurants and shops.
Today, Sikhs from Leicester and around the UK marched through London to mark the 30th anniversary of the siege. Leicester East MP Keith Vaz said damaging the Gandhi statue was “foolish”.”To think that somebody has felt it necessary, either an individual or a group of people, to vandalise in this foolish and idiotic way, such an important part of the heritage of India, as well as the heritage of Leicester, I think is a disgrace,” he said.
Local Council workers removed captions from the plinth of the bronze monument this morning. Leicestershire Police is treating the incident as criminal damage and have appealed for anyone with information about the incident to contact them.
