Congress leader <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/rahul-gandhi-announces-charanjit-singh-channi-to-be-congress-cm-face-for-punjab-assembly-polls-23213085" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Rahul Gandhi</a> on Wednesday took a dig at Centre's vision of 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' and pointed out at the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/hyderabad-pm-modi-inaugurates-216-feet-tall-statue-of-equality-23212951" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Statue of Equality</a> in Telangana stating that the statue has been allegedly built by a Chinese firm.
"Statue of Equality is Made in China. 'New India' is China-nirbhar?" the Wayanad MP tweeted.
Earlier this month, the Statue of Equality was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi commemorating the 11th-century Bhakti Saint Sri Ramanujacharya.
The Statue is made of 'panchaloha', a combination of five metals: gold, silver, copper, brass, and zinc and is among one of the tallest metallic statues in sitting position, in the world. It is mounted on a 54-feet high base building, named 'Bhadra Vedi', has floors devoted for a Vedic digital library and research centre, ancient Indian texts, a theatre, an educational gallery detailing many works of Sri Ramanujacharya.
The statue has been conceptualised by Sri Chinna Jeeyar Swami of Sri Ramanujacharya Ashram.
The inauguration of the Statue of Equality was a part of the 12-day Sri Ramanuja Sahasrabdi Samaroham, the ongoing 1000th birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Ramanujacharya. 
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The inauguration of the Statue of Equality was a part of the 12-day Sri Ramanuja Sahasrabdi Samaroham, the ongoing 1000th birth anniversary celebrations of Sri Ramanujacharya

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