Many cases of damaging Indian heritage and historical things related to India are coming to the fore. Now once again the incident of damaging the statue of Mahatma Gandhi has come to the fore in Canada. A statue of Mahatma Gandhi has been vandalized on a university campus in Burnaby, Canada. The Consulate General of India in Vancouver gave this information on Tuesday. According to the information, this statue has been kept in Peace Square in Burnaby Campus of Simon Fraser University.
Embassy tweeted
Let us tell you that the Consulate General tweeted, We strongly condemn the desecration of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the pioneer of peace, at the Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University and urge the Canadian authorities to investigate the matter immediately and bring the perpetrators to justice. Are.
<p dir="ltr" lang="en">"We strongly condemn the heinous crime of vandalizing the statute of harbinger of peace Mahatma Gandhiji, Simon Fraser University Burnaby campus. The Canadian authorities are urged to investigate the matter urgently and bring the perpetrators to justice swiftly," tweets… <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://t.co/Q1WY5rqhFV">pic.twitter.com/Q1WY5rqhFV</a></p> — ANI (@ANI) <a rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1640648432040783872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 28, 2023</a> <p><strong>The statue of Gandhiji located in the Vishnu temple was also damaged</strong></p> <p>It may be noted that in July last year, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi was vandalized at Vishnu Temple in Richmond Hill, Canada, which was strongly condemned by the Consulate General of India in Toronto. In a tweet, the embassy said, 'We are saddened by the damage to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at the Vishnu Temple in Richmond Hill. This criminally despicable act of vandalism has deeply hurt the sentiments of the Indian community in Canada.</p> <p><strong>Ram temple was also damaged </strong></p> <p>Canada has recently seen an increase in anti-India activities by Khalistan supporters, who have vandalized Hindu temples. A Ram temple in Mississauga was defaced with anti-India graffiti by Khalistani extremists on 13 February.</p><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
