India expressed displeasure over the demolition of Mahatma Gandhi's statue in New York

India has expressed strong displeasure over the vandalization of Mahatma Gandhi's statue outside a Hindu temple in New York on Friday. Several 'Indian-Americans', including the 'Consulate General' of India in New York, have taken up the matter with the US authorities so that the culprits in the incident are brought to justice at the earliest. For the past few days, there have been reports of attacks on the statues of Mahatma Gandhi in America. At present, this incident is the second time in two weeks that Gandhi's statue has been vandalised.

Earlier this month in Queens, New York, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside a temple here was vandalized with a hammer. According to media reports on Friday, the consulate said that it strongly condemns the demolition of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside a temple in Queens, New York. We have taken up this matter with US authorities and called for an investigation so that those responsible for such despicable actions can be held accountable.

According to 'cbsnews.com', a video of surveillance located there showed a man smashing Mahatma Gandhi's statue with a hammer on Tuesday and breaking his head. After a while, six people in a group take turns to smash the statue with a hammer. Lakhram Maharaj, the founder of Shri Tulsi Mandir in South Richmond Hill said that it is very sad to break the statue of Mahatma Gandhi.

By the time Lakhram Maharaj came to know about the incident on Wednesday morning, the statue of Mahatma Gandhi had been damaged. In some places in front of the temple, indecent words like 'dogs' were also written with spray paint. Investigating officials said that the statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalized two weeks ago. Assembly member Jennifer Rajkumar while talking to the media said, "Demolition of Gandhi statue is really against all our beliefs and it is a very disturbing act for the community.

This is not the first case that Mahatma Gandhi's statue has been vandalized in America. The incident happened in February this year when some miscreants demolished an eight-feet tall statue of Gandhi in Manhattan's Union Square. In December 2020, Khalistani supporters vandalized the statue of Mahatma Gandhi outside the Indian Embassy in Washington.