Watch: BJP workers cover anti-CAA graffiti with saffron paint at Church Street, Bengaluru
The graffiti came up early on Tuesday, but was painted over by noon the same day, and replaced with slogans supporting the CAA and NRC.
BJP workers paint over the Free Kashmir, No CAA NRC graffiti on Church Street.#CAA_NRC #Bengaluru pic.twitter.com/2Yz3i7obNJ
— Deccan Herald (@DeccanHerald) January 14, 2020
Several Bharatiya Janta Party, Bajrang Dal and pro-Hindutva workers in Bengaluru used saffron paint to cover anti-CAA, anti-Modi and Free Kashmir slogans painted on Church Street, Bengaluru.
The graffiti was first seen on Tuesday morning, January 14. According to reports, CCTV footage from a nearby building shows that at least two people were involved in spray painting the slogans around 3 am on Tuesday.
#Grafiti work on Church Street in #Bengaluru
— Kiran Parashar (@KiranParashar21) January 14, 2020
Unknown persons paint to express their opposition against #CAA_NRC . ‘No CAA, No NRC’
‘#Iwillnotshowmypapers’, ‘#detentioncenters ’ and “#FreeKashmir " graffiti as well can be seen. @TOIBengaluru @DCPCentralBCP say they r probing pic.twitter.com/l9SeNwFdtt
The graffiti was on the wall of abandoned building in Shrungar Complex, a popular shopping mall in the early 1990s that now awaits demolition. By noon on Tuesday, the graffiti was painted over by a crowd of workers chanting “Bharat mata ki jai.” Those covering up the slogans also scrawled “We support CAA, NCR” on the walls (below).
After anti-CAA graffiti were painted on the walls at Church Street, pro-Hindu groups paint saffron over it. Photo by @geetikamantri @thenewsminute pic.twitter.com/sG18uX7ARr
— Theja Ram (@thejaram92) January 14, 2020
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