Hoardings of Mahatma Gandhi’s Murder pull down in Nagpur
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By Syed Ali Mujtaba, Copy Edited By Adam Rizvi, The India Observer, TIO: New Delhi- The dignity of the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi was once again lowered on January 30, 2025, when hoardings of his murder were pulled down in Nagpur marking his 77th death anniversary. 
“Hum Bharat Ke Log” (HBKL), a platform for citizen action on human rights issues, had organized this event to mark the martyrdom of Gandhiji, who was murdered on the 30th of January 1948, at 5.17 pm in his New Delhi home.
The HBKL had put up six hoardings at six locations across Nagpur city. The billboards were put up in the late evening of the 29th of January but were removed between 1.00 pm and 2.00 pm on January 30th, said Prajwala Tatte of HBKL, Nagpur unit.
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“The company that was given the contract to put up the hoarding began to call us that they would have to remove the hoardings as it portrayed a violent scene of Gandhiji’s murder but despite our objection, the billboards were removed from public view.”
“We, Hum Bharat Ke Log, condemn this vile act, where now even the public portrayal of the murder of Mahatma Gandhi is forbidden. It clearly shows that the organizations, the conspirators that planned and executed the murder of Mahatma Gandhi are still active. The hoarding was put up to expose the fascist forces and its removal shows that some elements live amongst us,” said HBKL in a press statement.
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“Shamefully, temples are being made in honor of Nathuram Godse, the murderer of Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of our Nation,” the press statement said condemning the Nagpur incident.
One can recall, a few years back, a purported video of Puja Shakun Pandey (Hindu Mahasabha, National Secretary), shooting at an effigy of Gandhiji, had surfaced to mark the death anniversary of Gandhiji, as ‘Shaurya Divas’, in Aligarh, but no action was taken against her for promoting hate and violence.
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Interestingly, the so-called violent portrayal of Gandhiji’s death that formed the image of the Nagpur hoardings was taken from the cover page of Tushar Gandhi’s book “Let’s Kill Gandhi.”
The HBKL press statement is signed by Dr. G. G. Parikh, Tushar Gandhi, Feroze Mithiborwala, Guddi S L, Sharad Kadam, Dhananjay Shinde, Santosh Ambekar, Ali Bhojani, Siddesh Kadam, Vanita Tondwalkar, Yashodhan Paranjpe & Archana Tajane etc.
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