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Congress leader demands explanation on Mahatma Gandhi’s statue at VMC

Mahatma Gandhi VMC AICC Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Benz Circle Vijayawada

All India Congress Committee (AICC) member Kolanukonda Shivaji on August 15 (Tuesday) demanded that the Vijayawada Municipal Commissioner take up the responsibility of re-installing a bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi that stood opposite the Vijayawada Municipal Corporation office in 1997.

The statue was removed from there and kept at the Rajiv Gandhi Municipal Park for some time to avoid any possible damage to it during the construction of the Kanakadurga flyover. The idea was to re-install it after the completion of the project.

In a statement, the AICC leader said the 30-feet bronze statue of Mahatma Gandhi was designed at a cost of ₹17 lakh and it was installed by Congress leader G.S. Raju in 1997, opposite the VMC office, and unveiled by social activist Anna Hazare.

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