Mahatma Gandhi’s statue to be installed in Parliament square

London: A charity trust to raise about one million pounds for the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, to be installed at Parliament Square here next year, has been established by eminent NRI economist Meghnad Desai.
“We want as many people to contribute whatever little they can from anywhere in the world. This is a people’s statue,” said Desai at an event organised by the Asian Business Association of the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry here last evening.
Desai also said that the plans are to unveil the new statue of the Father of the Nation on Martyrs’ Day – January 30, 2015 – ‘hopefully by Narendra Modi’.
The post-budget analysis event also marked the renewal of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the London Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the visiting Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) delegation.
“I believe we are at a crossroads of this India-UK relationship and am determined to make this partnership work,” said Priti Patel, British PM David Cameron’s Indian Diaspora champion who was recently also promoted to the Treasury department.