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Various Dalit organisations connected Wednesday (October 15, 2025) called disconnected an agitation they had announced successful Madhya Pradesh’s Gwalior against the caller violative remarks made by a lawyer astir B. R. Ambedkar, with the constabulary maintaining a choky vigil successful the metropolis and preventing immoderate clashes betwixt 2 groups.
Gwalior Superintendent of Police Dharmvir Singh told The Hindu that much than 4,200 unit are presently deployed successful the city, including implicit 700 called successful from neighbouring districts, on with arrangements for teardrop state and different measures to forestall immoderate escalation.
“We besides detained astir 25 radical from extracurricular who were trying to participate Gwalior contiguous [Wednesday] to articulation the protests and mobilise support,” helium said, adding that preventive orders nether Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) were besides issued.
While the concern successful the metropolis has been tensed since February betwixt 2 factions of lawyers implicit the installation of a statute of Ambedkar successful the premises of the Gwalior seat of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the existent tensions flared aft a lawyer, Anil Mishra, posted a video connected societal media earlier this period successful which helium allegedly utilized derogatory presumption against the designer of the Constitution. This prompted assorted Dalit organisations, including the Bhim Army, to denote an agitation successful the metropolis connected October 15. An FIR was besides lodged against Mr. Mishra for the remarks.
Mr. Mishra and a radical of lawyers person opposed the installation of the Ambedkar statue and person successful crook demanded that a sculpture of B. N. Rau, the advisor to the constituent assembly, beryllium installed.
A antagonistic objection was besides announced by Mr. Mishra’s faction for the aforesaid day, raising fears of imaginable clashes betwixt the 2 sides.
Mr. Singh said that since the announcement, elder constabulary and medication officials person held astir 300 meetings with section communities to physique assurance and advised them to not autumn prey to societal media campaigns.
“We person been monitoring societal media for astir 10 days present and person besides restricted respective posts and accounts that could person added to the tension. We besides alerted section edifice and lodge owners to springiness america accusation connected anyone coming from outside,” the SP said.
Mr. Singh besides said that stern warnings were besides issued to representatives of assorted groups and outfits. “We told them that if thing goes wrong, they volition beryllium held liable and strict ineligible enactment volition beryllium taken,” helium added.
Earlier this week, a video besides went viral showing Gwalior metropolis Deputy SP Hina Khan raising slogans of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ erstwhile a radical of protestors led by Mr. Mishra accused her of bias against the Hindu assemblage and started sloganeering.
Mr. Singh said that Ms. Khan handled the concern good and “used her beingness of caput to woody with the protestors”.
The substance of statue installation is presently pending successful the High Court.
