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A video of the incident has also surfaced on social media true through which a man wearing a white kurta-pyjama is considered negative the idol.
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Abhishek Sharma
A peculiar case of hatred against symbols related to Indian historical past has come to mild in Pakistan. The statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been vandalised as soon as extra in Lahore. This act turned into as soon as done by a particular person related to Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) group, who turned into as soon as caught by the other folk unique around the time of the incident.
A video of the incident has also surfaced on social media true through which a man wearing a white kurta-pyjama is considered breaking the leg and diversified half of the idol. Slogans will also be heard in the video to boot.
The statue of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh, outdoors the Haveli of Rani Jindan at Lahore fortress, vandalised by a Tehrik-e-Labbaik worker. pic.twitter.com/M6zEA2Clx0
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) August 17, 2021
The opposite folk unique on the location caught the actual person and handed him over to the police. Seriously, TLP is a political birthday celebration of Pakistan, which identifies itself as an Islamic birthday celebration. This birthday celebration turned into as soon as fashioned in 2015, and turned into as soon as banned in April this year.
This 9-feet bronze statue turned into as soon as unveiled in June 2019 on the Lahore Castle. That is the third time this idol has been attacked since then. Remaining year in December too, a man had vandalised the statue and broke the hand of the idol. He turned into as soon as attempting to assemble extra misfortune however other folk had caught him. Other than this, a mob had tried to misfortune the idol to boot.
Seriously, the Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh died in Lahore in 1839. For the time being, Lahore turned into as soon as a half of India. In his memory, this statue turned into as soon as built on the Lahore Castle i.e. the Royal Castle. In this idol, Ranjit Singh is sitting on a horse and has a sword in his hand. He’s considered sitting in the garb of Sikhs. In June 2019, the statue turned into as soon as unveiled and the ceremony turned into as soon as attended by many Sikh representatives from diversified countries including India and Pakistan.
