Statues of Kakori train action martyrs were allegedly demolished using a bulldozer during a road beautification work by a firm in Shahjahanpur causing huge uproar by Opposition parties. The Congress on Tuesday (March 24, 2026) accused the State government and local administration of insulting the sentiments of common Indian. The Congress party threatened to do a mass protest if strict action is not initiated against responsible officials.
The statues of freedom fighters Ram Prasad Bismil, Ashfaqulla Khan and Roshan Singh, who hailed from Shahjahanpur, were installed at the Shaheed memorial site along a road outside the municipal corporation office and were regularly garlanded by visiting public representatives. They were allegedly demolished on Sunday (March 22, 2026) night.
A video purportedly showing the statues being razed and their debris dumped at a garbage site was posted on social media, drawing sharp reactions.
“India will not tolerate the insult to the martyrs. This is very shameful. On the martyrdom land of Shahjahanpur, on the very day of Martyrs’ Day, the Municipal Corporation of the BJP government ran a bulldozer on the statues of great martyrs like Pandit Ramprasad Bismil, Ashfaq Ullah Khan and Thakur Roshan Singh. This is not just an insult to the statues, but an insult to the sentiments of every brave man who sacrificed his life for the freedom of the country and of 145 crore Indians. The Yogi government should immediately take strict action against the responsible officers. If justice is not done, then every Congress worker will come out on the streets and strongly protest against this dictatorship,” said Ajay Rai, Uttar Pradesh Congress president.
