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Lens view: BJP protests against vandalization of Maharajah Ranjit Singh's statue in Pakistan

It is the third time that the statue of 19th-century Sikh ruler Maharaja Ranjit Singh has been vandalized since 2019.

Rajeev Bhatt

Aug 18, 2021 • 2 min read

Delhi state BJP activists carrying effigy of Pakistan Prime Minister, Imran Khan while protesting against the demolition of statue of Maharaja Ranjit Singh at Lahore, near Pakistan embassy in New Delhi, India on Wednesday. Photo by Rajeev Bhatt

The Delhi State Bhartiya Janata Party staged a protest near the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi on Wednesday, against the vandalization of the Maharajah Ranjit Singh statue at Lahore.

**Delhi state BJP activists protesting against the demolition of statue of Maharajah Ranjit Singh at Lahore, near Pakistan embassy in New Delhi, India on Wednesday. Photo by Rajeev Bhatt**

The statue of 19th-century Sikh ruler Maharajah Ranjit Singh at the Lahore Fort in Pakistan was vandalized on Tuesday.

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