Rahul blames BJP, RSS for beheading of Periyar’s statue

New Delhi, March 20: Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday blamed the BJP and RSS for the beheading of the statue of Dravidian icon Periyar in Tamil du and said they had siglled their cadres to destroy statues of those opposed to their ideology by encouraging tearing down of Lenin’s statues in Tripura. “When the RSS & BJP encouraged the tearing down of Lenin statues in Tripura, they siglled their cadres to destroy statues of those who opposed their ideology, like Periyar, the great social reformer who fought for the Dalits. His statue too was destroyed today in Tamil du,” Rahul Gandhi said in a tweet. (IANS)