Ballia, April 18: Another statue of Dalit icon Dr BR Ambedkar was vandalised in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday, the latest in a growing list of such attacks across the country. As per reports by ANI, the attack on Ambedkar’s statue took place in Rasra's Sardaspur Village in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh by unidentified miscreants. The statue was later repaired by police and a new statue installed in its place. As per details by the Police, a case has been registered into the matter.

Attacks on statues of various political and historical figures are on a rise since the last few months. After such incidences surfaced from across the nation, a statue of BR Ambedkar was put inside an iron cage in Badaun, Uttar Pradesh earlier this week. A police officer was also deployed for the statue's protection.

In the recent weeks, many Ambedkar statues were damaged in different parts of Uttar Pradesh. The Dalits saw this as a personal attack and wanted to bring miscreants to justice. Earlier this month, a statue of Ambedkar in Badaun which was coloured saffron was re-painted blue by BSP leader Himendra Gautam. Ambedkar's name is serving as a boiling point in politics, mostly, after CM ordered officials to use Bhimrao 'Ramji' Ambedkar in all correspondence.

It must be noted that the act of defacing and vandalising of statues continue even after Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his strong disapproval after the vandalism of statues in Tripura and Tamil Nadu. Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh had ordered states to take strong action to check such incidents.

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