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Opposition Parties Slam UP Govt Over Demolition of Freedom Fighters' Statues During 'Beautification' Drive
The Wire Staff
The Wire Staff
25/Mar/2026
Freedom fighters Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan and Roshan Singh were hanged by the British government on December 19, 1927, for looting a train that was carrying government funds in August 1925 near Kakori, Lucknow.
Opposition Parties Slam UP Govt Over Demolition of Freedom Fighters' Statues During 'Beautification' Drive
On December 19, 1927, Ashfaqullah Khan, Ram Prasad Bismil and Roshan Singh, leaders of the Kakori conspiracy, were hanged by the colonial government. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
New Delhi: Opposition parties have slammed the demolition of statues of freedom fighters Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan and Roshan Singh in Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur during beautification work. The Congress on Tuesday (March 24) accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government along with the local administration of insulting the sentiments of the public, reported The Hindu.
The Congress has also threatened to hold a mass protest if strict action is not initiated against responsible officials. The statues of the three freedom fighters, who hailed from Shahjahanpur, were installed at the Shaheed memorial site along a road outside the municipal corporation office and were allegedly demolished on Sunday (March 22, 2026) night.
Subsequently a video was posted on social media which showed the statues being razed and their debris dumped at a garbage site was posted on social media.
“India will not tolerate the insult to the martyrs. This is very shameful. On the martyrdom land of Shahjahanpur, on the very day of Martyrs’ Day, the Municipal Corporation of the BJP government ran a bulldozer on the statues of great martyrs like Pandit Ramprasad Bismil, Ashfaq Ullah Khan and Thakur Roshan Singh. This is not just an insult to the statues, but an insult to the sentiments of every brave man who sacrificed his life for the freedom of the country and of 145 crore Indians,” said Uttar Pradesh Congress president Ajay Rai, reported The Hindu.
“The Yogi government should immediately take strict action against the responsible officers. If justice is not done, then every Congress worker will come out on the streets and strongly protest against this dictatorship,” said Ajay Rai, Uttar Pradesh Congress president,” he added.
Press Trust of India reported that following the incident, the Shahjahanpur Police lodged an FIR against the company that had undertaken the road beautification work. The FIR has been lodged under relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including Sections 196(2) (promoting enmity affecting harmony at religious places) and 352 (intentional insult).
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According to superintendent of police Rajesh Dwivedi, the municipal corporation’s chief engineer lodged a complaint at Sadar Bazar police station.
Freedom fighters Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan and Roshan Singh were hanged by the British government on December 19, 1927, for looting a train that was carrying government funds in August 1925 near Kakori, Lucknow.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav too slammed the state government over the incident.
“Beauty can never be greater than the honour and respect of the martyrs. Running a bulldozer over the statues of martyrs in Shahjahanpur under the pretext of beautification is a sign of a sick mentality. How can those who inform the British know the value of martyrdom? Highly condemnable!” Yadav wrote in Hindi on X.
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