Bajrang Dal forces Victoria statues out of Agra park

Bajrang Dal in Agra is keen to erase every trace of colonial rule from the city. Days after their protest on the “central location“ of three of the century-old Queen Victoria statues, the local administration quietly removed them from Paliwal Park, in the heart of the city, to the backyard of the Agra Municipal Corporation's John's Public Library  Bajrang Dal leaders had sent out a memorandum on November 7 demanding that the statues, a relic of our colonial past, be removed within 72 hours.
On November 10, the statues were removed to a more innocuous part of the city.
Bajrang Dal state co-convener Ajju Chauhan said, “Paliwal Park is the heart of Agra. The Bajrang Dal is absolutely against having any sign of colonialism here. We are against such signs anywhere in the country. I am surprised that a huge amount of money is wasted in the maintenance of these statues and the library, which only serve as reminders of slavery.”
Chauhan said Bajrang Dal would organize a protest to ensure that the name of John's Public Library is changed too. “This library should ideally be named after Ram Vilas Sharma, a renowned Hindi author who refused several prestigious awards because what he sought was the enrichment of the Hindi language, not awards,” Chauhan said.
The three statues, each between 10 and 12 feet tall, was carved in a mixture of 10 metals, including gold.