GUWAHATI — Amidst huge controversy after the removal of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi for the construction of a clock tower in Assam’s Doomdooma town in Tinsukia, the district administration decided that a new seven-feet tall statue of the father of the nation would be installed in the town. The controversy began after a social media post last week by Mahatma Gandhi’s great-grandson Tushar Gandhi. Tagging a newspaper clipping, Tushar Gandhi in his post on the X said: “Not surprising that the BJP government in Assam decided to replace Bapu’s statue with a clock tower. Their slavish colonial hangover persists.” Earlier, the Tinsukia district administration said that the statue was removed as part of the Doom Doom’s makeover project which included building a clock tower and replacing the old statue with another statue. Congress leaders and workers led by former Doomdooma MLA and party leader Durga Bhumij strongly protested the move. When the contractor of the project began the work recently, Bhumij along with party workers arrived at the site and strongly opposed the removal of the statue of Mahatma Gandhi. “The BJP never paid due respect to Gandhiji. Instead, it always gave respect to Nathuram Godse,” the Congress leader...