The wax statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussauds Museum in London which was kept close to a dustbin raising hackles of visitors especially Indians has been shifted to a fitting place.
AHMEDABAD: The wax statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Madame Tussauds Museum in London which was kept close to a dustbin raising hackles of visitors especially Indians has been shifted to a fitting place.
The museum authorities decided to give an appropriate slot to the Father of the Nation at the world famous tourist attraction following protests by Ahmedabad-based activists.
The activists even dashed off a letter to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown upset over the "treatment" meted out to Gandhi's wax statue.
The statue has now been relocated to the World Leaders Exhibition hall at the ground floor.
In his letter to Brown, V K Saxena of National Council of Civic Liberties, an NGO drew the prime minister's attention to Gandhi's statue being exhibited in an undignified manner at the museum. Brown was requested to immediately intervene in the matter.
Saxena had written the letter after his visit to the Museum during when he saw the statue in a isolated corner on the second floor near an ice cream parlour close to a dustbin rather than being in the company of world leaders.
After the matter was brought to the notice of the management of Madame Tussauds, Ben Lovett, the PR Manager "tendered an apology" and the statue of Gandhi was moved to the World Leaders Exhibition hall, Saxena said.
Saxena said thousands of visitors who came to the parlour threw waste into the bin which often spilled near the statue. "It was shocking to see the statue of a world leader like the Mahatma put up in a casual manner," he added.
Saxena had also sent the copy of the letter to Brown to all Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Leader of Opposition L K Advani.
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