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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.
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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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To: nickcarraway
To: nickcarraway
I had no idea that a statue of former Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin in Tripura state existed.
To: Parley Baer
I had no idea there was a Tripura State.
To: nickcarraway
I had no idea the commies were even in India.
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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.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/07/2018 1:38:32 PM PST
by
omega4412
To: nickcarraway
Tearing down statues of monsters is A-OK, that’s what the left says. Except for THEIR monsters.
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posted on
03/07/2018 1:38:43 PM PST
by
fieldmarshaldj
("It's Slappin' Time !")
To: nickcarraway
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.
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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.)
To: nickcarraway
It’ll be turned into brass trinkets sold at Pier One Imports before the week is out...............
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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.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
03/07/2018 1:41:28 PM PST
by
dfwgator
To: nickcarraway
Send it to Chicongo, it will fit nicely in the Odumbo Presidential Library.
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posted on
03/07/2018 1:46:46 PM PST
by
rfp1234
(I have already previewed this composition.)
To: SoCal Pubbie
Making Tripura Great Again.
To: nickcarraway
The movie:
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posted on
03/07/2018 1:54:55 PM PST
by
gaijin
To: All
This will put a damper on the millennials partying.
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posted on
03/07/2018 2:11:13 PM PST
by
pke
To: nickcarraway
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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.)
To: pke
There are several anachronisms in that picture.
To: nickcarraway
Now can these folks come to the WH and take down any and all pictures of DingleBarry?
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posted on
03/07/2018 2:27:46 PM PST
by
bkopto
To: rockinqsranch
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!!!"
To: tet68
Onward to Seattle!
Now that right there is DAMNED FUNNY!!!
To: Buckeye McFrog
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.
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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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