Cong to hold fast in Gwalior over Ambedkar statue row

Bhopal: Top Congress leaders from the state will observe a fast in Gwalior on June 25 to press for the installation of BR Ambedkar's statue on the premises of the MP high court's Gwalior bench.

Notably, a controversy has erupted between two groups of lawyers over the installation of the statue.

Addressing a press conference in Gwalior on Sunday, Congress state unit media wing chairman Mukesh Nayak said the fast would be observed at Surya Namaskar tri-section in Gwalior in which party state in-charge Harish Chaudhary, state chief Jiu Parwari and several party leaders would participate.

Nayak said how there could be any resistance or opposition to installation of Ambedkar's statue on the premises of the high court.

He said: "The fast is being organised by the party to give a clear message that there can't be a bigger and holier agenda than allegiance to the Constitution and social harmony."