Free Ambedkar’s statue and bust from cage, BBAU dalit students write to VC
Hindustan TimesDalit students of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University have threatened to launch a massive agitation on campus from April 14 if the university administration does not remove the iron grills surrounding the statue and bust of Dr BR Ambedkar. On behalf of all dalit students, Basant Kanaujiya, a research scholar of the university, has given a representation to vice chancellor RC Sobti, saying that if by April 14, the 127th birth anniversary of Babasaheb, the university does not get the iron grills removed, they will launch a massive agitation on campus. “If the university does not remove the iron grills around Babasaheb’s statue, dalit students will be forced to do so. Dalit students of the university said they would patiently wait for the university to remove the iron grills till the eve of Ambedkar’s birth anniversary.
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