<p>Members of Dalit organisations poured milk on Dr B R Ambedkar statue here on Station Road on Monday, saying that the sanctity of the statue was spoiled due to garlanding by communal and casteist persons during Ambedkar Jayanti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Members of Dalit, progressive, backward, minority, and others used to garland the statue during Ambedkar Jayanti. This year, communal, casteist, anti-dalit, and anti-constitution people also garlanded the statue, for their selfish gains. The statue is being cleaned with milk, to tell such persons to clean their mind," they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manuvadis who are against the principles propagated by Dr Ambedkar garlanded the statue, and therefore, the statue was cleaned, they added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pitambrappa Bilar, Gurunath Ullikashi, Vijay Guntral, and others were present.</p>
<p>Members of Dalit organisations poured milk on Dr B R Ambedkar statue here on Station Road on Monday, saying that the sanctity of the statue was spoiled due to garlanding by communal and casteist persons during Ambedkar Jayanti.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Members of Dalit, progressive, backward, minority, and others used to garland the statue during Ambedkar Jayanti. This year, communal, casteist, anti-dalit, and anti-constitution people also garlanded the statue, for their selfish gains. The statue is being cleaned with milk, to tell such persons to clean their mind," they said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Manuvadis who are against the principles propagated by Dr Ambedkar garlanded the statue, and therefore, the statue was cleaned, they added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Pitambrappa Bilar, Gurunath Ullikashi, Vijay Guntral, and others were present.</p>