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India crowd pulls down Tripura Lenin statue after Communist defeat
BBC ^ | 6 March 2018

Posted on 03/07/2018 1:33:19 PM PST by nickcarraway

Supporters of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have been accused of pulling down a statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Tripura state.

Monday's incident happened days after the party swept elections in the north-eastern state, dislodging the Communist government after 25 years.

The five-year-old statue in Belonia town was removed with the help of an excavator as supporters cheered.

There have been clashes between BJP and Communist party workers in the state.

The NDTV news channel quoted eyewitnesses as saying the excavator which brought down the statue was hired by BJP workers.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: belonia; bjp; communism; india; janata; lenin; russia; tripura; vladimirlenin
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1 posted on 03/07/2018 1:33:19 PM PST by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 03/07/2018 1:34:06 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I had no idea that a statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Tripura state existed.


3 posted on 03/07/2018 1:34:31 PM PST by Parley Baer
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I had no idea there was a Tripura State.


4 posted on 03/07/2018 1:36:12 PM PST by SoCal Pubbie ( o1n` `)
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I had no idea the commies were even in India.


5 posted on 03/07/2018 1:38:09 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Conservatives seek the truth. Democrats seek the power to dictate what truth is.)
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Send them to Seattle


6 posted on 03/07/2018 1:38:32 PM PST by omega4412
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Tearing down statues of monsters is A-OK, that’s what the left says. Except for THEIR monsters.


7 posted on 03/07/2018 1:38:43 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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Good for them!

The guy was a thousand times worse than any American who fought for the South in the War Between the States.

Ten thousand times worse.


8 posted on 03/07/2018 1:38:55 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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It’ll be turned into brass trinkets sold at Pier One Imports before the week is out...............


9 posted on 03/07/2018 1:41:00 PM PST by Red Badger (The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
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Goodbye, Lenin!


10 posted on 03/07/2018 1:41:28 PM PST by dfwgator
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Send it to Chicongo, it will fit nicely in the Odumbo Presidential Library.


11 posted on 03/07/2018 1:46:46 PM PST by rfp1234 (I have already previewed this composition.)
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Making Tripura Great Again.


12 posted on 03/07/2018 1:52:37 PM PST by miss marmelstein
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The movie:


13 posted on 03/07/2018 1:54:55 PM PST by gaijin
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CD7_CD1_EF_87_F0_4_D15_BE12_4255091_D9_BF4 This will put a damper on the millennial’s partying.
14 posted on 03/07/2018 2:11:13 PM PST by pke
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Onward to Seattle!


15 posted on 03/07/2018 2:18:16 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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There are several anachronisms in that picture.


16 posted on 03/07/2018 2:19:59 PM PST by nickcarraway
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Now can these folks come to the WH and take down any and all pictures of DingleBarry?


17 posted on 03/07/2018 2:27:46 PM PST by bkopto
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I had no idea the commies were even in India.

They have been in control of state and local governments in certain areas for decades (including this one). Some parents in those places actually give their male children the first names Lenin and Stalin.

An Indian friend of mine who is not a Communist becomes irate when he sees that. "Commie Bastards!!!"


18 posted on 03/07/2018 2:39:25 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Onward to Seattle!

Now that right there is DAMNED FUNNY!!!


19 posted on 03/07/2018 2:40:15 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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Seattle has it’s own Lenin statue.
I always wanted to paint his hands blood red.
Don’t live there any more so no chance now.


20 posted on 03/07/2018 3:34:55 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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