Villages in Uttar Pradeshs Mahoba tense over vandalism of Saint Ravidas statue

Tension prevailed in Sijhari and different neighbouring villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Mahoba district after a statue of Sant Ravidas was vandalized by miscreants within the intervening night time of Thursday (November 6, 2025) and Friday (November 7, 2025). Villagers, principally Dalits held a sit-in protest on the web site and raised pro-Ambedkarite slogans, demanding strict motion in opposition to the culprits.

Senior district police officers and native police groups, who reached the spot, assured the protestors of correct motion and that any such incident won’t be happen once more. The demonstration has been known as off by the villagers. Police personnel are current within the space to stop any untoward incident.

A case has been registered beneath acceptable sections of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) with the police scrutinising CCTV proof and different digital materials to nab the culprits.

Congress State secretary Brijraj Ahirwar additionally sat on a dharna with the villagers on the web site. “The Circle Officer has asked for two days’ time. If the accused are not caught within two days, the Congress will be forced to launch a big movement,” he stated.

Ravidas was a Fifteenth-century Dalit saint and poet whose teachings are central to the Dalit anti-caste motion.

“On receiving information that the statue of Sant Shiromani Shri Ravidas Ji was partially damaged by some miscreant in village Sijahari under Srinagar police station area of ​​Mahoba district, senior officials immediately reached the spot and inspected the incident site. A case has been registered under appropriate sections in the matter, investigation is underway and meaningful efforts are being made to ensure the early arrest of the culprits,” stated Vandana Singh, Additional Superintendent of Police (ACP) Mahoba.

Opposition alleged that feudal components who’re emboldened beneath the current authorities are indulged in these anti-social incidents.

“The vandalization of the statue linked to Ravidas, Ambedkar, who are icons of marginalised communities has not happened for the first time. If you look back in the last one year, at least ten such instances from different parts of the State have come out in the public domain. The real issue is, the feudal elements who are emboldened by the rise of the BJP and its politics of hate, are doing it with the aim to send a message in the society, that symbol and self-respect of Dalits, marginalised, will be crushed. These incidents are part of a grand design of the ruling BJP’s politics of hate and those in power are responsible for occurrences,” stated Anil Yadav, a senior chief of Uttar Pradesh Congress.