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Jun
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to the Lok Sabha speaker and Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice-President of India Jagdeep Dhankar urging them to relocate the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Bhim Rao Ambedkar, and other national leaders to their original location. "Relocate statues of Mahatma Gandhi, B R Ambedkar, and other national leaders to original locations", Mallikarjun Kharge wrote. Congress leader Kharge alleged that the statues were removed arbitrarily and "without consultation." Kharge further said the act "violates the basic spirit of our democracy." Kharge, in his letter, mentioned that there is a Committee for installing portraits and statues of…