8-foot-high statue of Mahatma Gandhi vandalised in New York

The Consulate General of India in New York urged acceptable motion towards these answerable for the “despicable act”. The statue of Mahatma Gandhi on the Central Park within the City of Davis, California was vandalised by unknown individuals final month. (Photo: ANI)Shock and disappointment have been triggered among the many Indian-American neighborhood on Saturday after a life-sized bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi, situated in Union Square close to Manhattan, was vandalised by some unknown individuals.

The act was strongly condemned as ‘despicable’ by the Consulate General of India. “The Consulate condemns this act of vandalism in the strongest terms,” the Consulate General of India in New York stated, including that the matter has been taken up with native authorities and the US State Department for instant investigation. The consulate urged acceptable motion towards these answerable for this despicable act.ALSO READ| PM Modi inaugurates Statue of Equality in Hyderabad | All it’s good to knowThe eight-foot-high statue was donated on October 2, 1986, by the Gandhi Memorial International Foundation to mark the 117th delivery anniversary of Gandhi.Incidentally, the statue was eliminated in 2001, conserved and reinstalled in a landscaped backyard space in 2002.Similarly, final month some unknown miscreants vandalised, broke and ripped from the bottom one other statue of Gandhi in a park within the US state of California. The statue, put in by the town council 4 years in the past amid protests from anti-Gandhi and anti-India organisations, was donated to the town of Davis by the Indian authorities.Click right here for IndiaAt the moment.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.