The vandalism against Lenin's statue in India's north-eastern state of Tripura by power-drunk Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers is most reprehensible. Apart from his own epic role, Lenin was a friend of India's national movement, had his own preferred line on national movements in colonial countries, which was a source of strength to the Indian national movement.
This kind of violence, specially after an electoral victory, has no place in a democracy and needs to be resisted by democratic means.
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