LONDON: Anti-racism campaigners have called on the British government to remove statues of Mahatma Gandhi for expressing hatred and racist views against black people.
The campaigners demanded the removal of Gandhi’s statue from two major locations in London and Leicester as Black Lives Matter movement gathers across the country for the dismantling of portraits of historic figures who were involved in racism.
Thousands of people have demanded the removal of controversial monuments and statues around the UK, which campaigners describe as racist and unwelcoming.
This campaign has brought focus on Gandhi as he was involved in expressing hatred and racism towards the black community.
In the last week during large scale protests against racism in the UK, Black Lives Matter protesters vandalised Mahatma Gandhi’s statue in Parliament Square, London, painting ‘racist’ on the pedestal steps and throwing white paint on the burnished bronze.
Authorities fear that the Gandhi statue will come under sustained attack by protestors in the coming days. It was also previously daubed to mock India by Sikh protestors during demonstrations held in the Square, but the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement has encouraged anti-Gandhi campaigners to start their campaign again.
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