WBPCC Condemns Uprooting of Ex-PM’s Statue
Image sources: Indian National Congress: West Bengal Facebook Page On Sunday, Subhankar Sarkar the West Bengal Pradesh Congress President has expressed strong outrage over the demolition of former Prime Minister Jawarharlal Nehru's statue. The incident occurred in West Burdwan district's Durgapur. As per the WBPCC, the statue of Pandit Nehru, located in front of a meditation centre near Harshavardhan Primary School in Durgapur. However, The District Congress leadership has already staged a protest against the incident and demanded that the administration immediately restore the statue to its original location. While condemning to the incident, West Bengal Pradesh Congress President Shri Subhankar Sarkar said: "Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was not merely a leader of the Congress—he was a freedom fighter, India’s first Prime Minister and one of the principal architects of modern India. Uprooting his statue and dumping it in a wooded area is not merely an insult to a statue; it is...