A 12-foot-tall statue of Russian Communist leader Vladimir Lenin, commissioned by the Communist Party of India (Marxist), will be unveiled on the party’s office premises here on Tuesday.
The CPI(M)’s district committee decided to install the statue after another was brought down in Tripura in March last. Since the 100th anniversary of Lenin’s ‘November Revolution’ fell last year, installation of his statue would be a fitting tribute to the revolutionary, the cadre felt.
“When right-wing fanatics pulled down Lenin’s statue in Belonia in South Tripura in March last, after we lost the battle of the ballot, we were deeply wounded and vowed to install the revolutionary leader’s statue here in Tirunelveli,” said party district secretary K.G. Bhaskaran.
The statue, installed on the party’s office premises on Reddiyarpatti Road, will be unveiled by CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
7-foot-tall pedestal
The fibreglass statue, designed and fabricated by renowned artist Chandru, formerly principal, Government Fine Arts College, Egmore, will be mounted on a seven-foot-tall pedestal.
A sum of ₹4 lakh, mobilised from party workers and a contribution from Mr. Chandru, an ardent follower of Lenin’s ideology, was spent on constructing the statue.
