Thanjavur: In Thanjavur, the Liberation Tigers of India staged a protest by stopping BJP members who got here to garland Ambedkar’s statue. In protest towards this, the BJP took half in a highway blockade.
At Mariyal Village on Thanjavur Nanchikottai Highway, there’s a 7 ft tall statue of Ambedkar in entrance of the workplace of Adityamizhar Preservation Society and Dr. Ambedkar Schooling Belief alongside the highway. On the event of Ambedkar’s 66th anniversary this morning (Dec. 6), varied political events and organizations together with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the Tamil Nationwide Improvement Affiliation paid tribute to Ambedkar by garlanding his statue.
On this case, the BJP’s state vice-president Karupu M. Muruganandam and Thanjavur South district president Jaysadish led the BJP to garland Ambedkar’s statue. At the moment, members of the Dalit organizations led by the District Secretary of the Liberation Tigers Get together, Sokka Ravi, protested that the BJP shouldn’t garland the statue. The LTTE members stood round Ambedkar’s statue and stopped them from laying garlands and raised slogans towards the BJP.
BJP members additionally staged a highway blockade on Nanchikottai Highway close to the Ambedkar statue saying that they won’t go with out garlanding the statue of Ambedkar. Resulting from this there was a stir.
After getting the knowledge, Thanjavur metropolis DSP Raja and the police are calling each the events and negotiating.