Priyanka Gandhi on Jalaun incident: Those who vandalised Gandhi statue are cowards

New Delhi: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday condemned the incident of vandalisation of Mahatma Gandhi's statue at Jalaun in Uttar Pradesh saying that the "cowards" who vandalise statues of great men cannot diminish their greatness by such acts.

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A statue of Mahatma Gandhi, installed at Sri Gandhi Inter College at Jalaun, was allegedly decapitated by unidentified miscreants. According to the police, the statue was vandalised on Friday.

Locals staged a protest in the college compound soon after the statue was vandalised.

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"On receiving information, we reached the spot. The statue has been fixed and reinstalled. An FIR will be registered and action will also be taken. We will investigate the matter. I would request people to respect the father of our nation and behave responsibly," said Awadhesh Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police (SP).

"This statue was installed here in 1970 and on Friday morning the statue was decapitated. I suspect that the statue has been vandalised by people who are against Mahatma Gandhi's ideologies. We all strongly condemn this act," a protestor had said. (ANI)

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