Congress has slammed the government’s move to relocate the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, and Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar from their original positions in the Parliament House complex.

Briefing media in New Delhi on Friday, Congress leader Pawan Khera said, the countrymen want to know what is the real intention behind shifting of statues of great leaders. He said, the government has to answer about this in the Parliament and outside the Parliament.

However, Lok Sabha Secretariat has denied the allegations of shifting of statue of great leaders saying that these statues have not been removed from the Parliament House complex. It said, their statues are being installed systematically and respectfully inside the Parliament House complex.