A statue of B.R. Ambedkar was “cleansed” with milk by members of dalit community in Karnataka on Monday alleging that the statue was “polluted” by right-wing activists.
The incident came close on the heels of the 127th birth anniversary of Ambedkar, during which several leaders cutting across partyline paid tribute on the statue in Hubbali.
“As the statue was touched by the BJP leaders and ‘Manuvadis’, it had become impure,” a dalit leader was quoted as saying by a daily on Tuesday.
He accused that after Narendra Modi became the prime minister, atrocities on dalits have reached a new height in the country. It is just a warning to anti-dalits and “Manuvadis” to purify their conscience, he said.
The incident came days after members of dalit community "cleansed" an Ambedkar's statue in Vadodara soon after Union minister Maneka Gandhi and some BJP leaders paid floral tributes on his birth anniversary.