Washington: Indian American Community Leader on Monday condemned the Vandalism of the Mahatma Gandhi statue in New York and said this was disrespect for Gandhi and Martin Luther King, two leaders who tried to eradicate hatred.
The bronze statue the size of Mahatma Gandhi’s life was damaged in the New York City neighborhood on Saturday, an action was very condemned as ‘despicable’ by the Indian Consulate General.
The eight-foot-foot statue, located in Union Square Manhattan, was brought close to some unknown people, the consulate in New York had said.
“As an African-American practitioner from Hindu Dharma, I was very offended that anyone would not respect Mahatma Gandhi, who inspired MLK (Martin Luther King) to take a non-violent mission, which inspired major changes in a positive society.
Impact on Our lives today, “said Baabhadra Bhattacarya Dasa (Benny Tillman), President of Vedic’s Friend Association.
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“In the past few years, the statues of Mahatma Gandhi have been damaged by groups that are in harmony with their radical Islamists and sympathizers in the South Asian community,” he said.
In January last year, people who were unknown to experience destruction, damaged and torn from the statue of Gandhi in a park in California, aroused a strong response from India who saw a thorough investigation and the right actions against those responsible for “despicable acts.
” In December 2020, Khalistani-supporters had tarnished the statue of Gandhi in Washington, DC in front of the Indian Embassy.
Also in June 2020, some criminals were not known to damage the statue of Gandhi outside the Indian Embassy in the US with graffiti and painting spray, encouraging a mission to register complaints to local law enforcement agencies.
In a statement, Ajay Shah, American Hindu organizers opposed Defamation (Sunday), Gandhi said and the freedom movement he was topheaded served as an inspiration for the American and American civil rights movement.
“MLK Memorial in Atlanta, does not have an area dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi.
It is no coincidence that the Statue of Gandhi was lowered during the black history.
The perpetrators of this action and their sponsors sent a message that they had not received peace, human rights, freedom and equality of all Humans, “Shah said.
The biggest number of Gandhi statues outside India is in the US.
The consulate said that “the problem (Vandalism in New York) has also been taken with the US State Department for immediate investigation and urges the right actions against those responsible for this despicable action”.