UP Congress has condemned the vandalism of the statue of former Prime Minister and Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi in Mirzapur district on Saturday. Incidentally Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was in Mirzapur on Saturday for the divisional meeting for the review of the law and order and development schemes. The State Congress has announced to launch Statewide protest against the desecration of the statue.
“Ever since Yogi Adityanath Government has taken over, virtual free for all situation prevails in UP and no fear of rule of law. Even the great personalities are not being spared. Rajiv Gandhi was not only the Prime Minister of India but a great leader of India who sacrificed his life for the nation. The Congress condemns the incident and demands immediate arrest of the culprits’’, said the UP Congress president Raj Babbar here on Sunday.
Raj Babbar said he will visit Mirzapur on Monday and the Congress would launch State-wide protest against the incident.
The statue of Rajiv Gandhi, installed at the park at the Awas Vikas colony in the Mirzapur city was found beheaded on Saturday morning. later, the head of the statue was recovered from a drain nearby. “The anti-social elements had written at the place of vandalism Hamari Sarkar hai, usse Pakistan bhej diya hai (It is our Government and we have sent the statue to Pakistan),” Raj Babbar said.