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A 9ft bronze statue of Gandhi planned for the centre of Manchester has been opposed by students on the grounds that the Indian leader was a ‘racist’.<\/p>\n

The statute of Mahatma Gandhi is due to be unveiled later this month outside Manchester Cathedral,<\/a> which backed the public work of art.<\/p>\n

It is being paid for by Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur<\/a>, a spiritual movement in India, and has received the blessing of both the city council and High Commission of India.<\/p>\n

The unveiling of the 800kg statue is planned to mark the 150th<\/sup> anniversary of the birth of the Indian leader who ushered in independence from the UK for the country. It is meant to act as a focus for healing and compassion follow the Manchester Arena attack.<\/p>\n

The head of public relations at Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur UK, Manthan Taswala, said: \u201cMahatma Gandhi\u2019s teachings remain as potent today as when he first said: be the change that you want to see in this world.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe statue of Gandhi will celebrate the universal power of his message. A statue in Manchester will ensure that the heart of our politics and democracy can all be blessed with his ethos.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, news of the statue brought a swift response from the University of Manchester Student Union<\/a> who wrote an open letter to Manchester City Council demanding that the unveiling cancelled, together with a petition.<\/p>\n

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The petition <\/a>states: \u201cWe the undersigned demand that Manchester City Council reconsider this decision on the basis of Gandhi\u2019s well-documented anti-black racism and complicity in the British Empire\u2019s actions in Africa.
\n\t\u201cGandhi referred to Africans as \u2018savages\u2019, ‘half-heathen natives’, \u2018uncivilised\u2019, \u2019dirty\u2019 and \u2018like animals\u2019, to reference on a few of his vile comments.\u201d<\/p>\n

The open letter to the council adds: \u201cIn modern times, Gandhi is used as a propaganda tool to cover up human rights abuses by the current Indian government under Modi, which is engaging to erect Gandhi statues globally to create an image of India as an anti-imperialist state.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe demand that Manchester City Council refuse to be complicit in this, especially given the city\u2019s history of anti-racist action, and to stand in solidarity with Manchester\u2019s Black and Kashmiri communities.\u201d <\/p>\n

A city council spokesperson said: \u201cThe statue of Gandhi has been gifted to the city of Manchester by the Shrimad Rajchandra Mission Dharampur. Although we are aware that there is some debate about Gandhi\u2019s life, most people in the city will see the statue in the context in which it was intended \u2013 to spread a message of peace, love and harmony.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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