"A petition to remove a statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Leicester has received nearly 5,000 signatures.
The online petition accuses the Indian independence campaigner of being "a fascist, racist and sexual predator".
Last year, students from Manchester called for a similar statue of Gandhi to be removed because of his "well-documented anti-black racism".
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe called the petition a "massive distraction" from the Black Lives Matter movement."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53025407
The online petition accuses the Indian independence campaigner of being "a fascist, racist and sexual predator".
Last year, students from Manchester called for a similar statue of Gandhi to be removed because of his "well-documented anti-black racism".
Leicester East MP Claudia Webbe called the petition a "massive distraction" from the Black Lives Matter movement."
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-leicestershire-53025407