Attempts are being made to end Cong ideology: Babbar

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee (UPCC) president Raj Babbar alleged on Monday that a conspiracy was being hatched to end the Congress ideology by breaking statue of former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.

But Congressmen would never let it succeed, he added.

Speaking at a dharna by Congress members in protest against breaking of Rajiv Gandhi’s idol at Awas Vikash colony in Mirzapur on intervening night of June 3 and June 4, the UPCC president said some people tried to end the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi by killing him, but they didn’t succeed in their plan.

He said similarly Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi were murdered. “But their ideologies didn’t end. Ideology of the Congress will never come to an end. It was there, it is three and it will be there.”

He said ever since the new government had come to power in the state, this was happening in UP.

“Ealier the statues of Baba Saheb Ambedkar and Ravidas were broken in Saharapur. Now the statue of Rajiv Gandhi. We are not only saddened, but also extremely angry over it,” he said.

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Pramod Tiwari said some people wanted to break the country, but the Congress would not let them succeed.

He also announced Rs 10 lakh from his MP fund for setting up a statue of Rajiv Gandhi.

Former Congress MLA Ajay Rai and Laliteshpati Tripathi, Varanasi district unit president Prajanath Sharma and many Congressmen attended the dharna at Mirzapur.

Meanwhile, as per reports from Rae Bareli, delegation of District Congress Committee (DCC) led by its president VK Shukla on Monday submitted a memorandum addressed to governor Ram Naik to district magistrate Rae Bareli on the idol issue.

The party members demanded arrest of guilty persons within 24 hours.

Earlier, party men also welcomed UP Congress chief Raj Babbar in Rae Bareli on Monday. Babbar was on his way to Mirzapur to inspect the broken statue. Congressmen assured Babbar of their support.

The delegation included included Saidul Hasan, Nirmal Shukla, Vijay Shanakar Agnihotri and Prakash Morarka.

HT PHOTO UPCC chief Raj Babbar along with party workers demanding arrest of those involved in damaging the statue of former PM Rajiv Gandhi in Mirzapur on Monday.