Ambedkar jayanti 2025 news: Two groups clashed during a ceremony organized on Monday in Dombivali in Thane district of Maharashtra on the occasion of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s birth anniversary. The clash took place after the argument over the garland of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Seven people have been arrested in the case. A police officer gave this information.

The official of the Dombivali police station said that the incident took place at Mashal Chowk. He said, “People had started gathering at the venue from 1:45 pm on Sunday at 1:45 pm. A group wanted to garland the statue of Babasaheb first, but the people of the other group objected to it. The debate between them turned into a clash, in which some people were injured and vehicles were damaged.”

He said, “The arrested and injured include women. The situation is under complete control. The investigation of the incident is going on.”

CM Devendra Fadnavis offered a wreath

On the other hand Maharashtra Governor C.P. Radhakrishnan and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis paid floral tributes to Babasaheb Ambedkar on Monday on the 134th birth anniversary of Babasaheb Ambedkar.

Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, Legislative Council President Ram Shinde, State Cabinet Minister Ashish Shelar and Sanjay Shirsat also paid tribute to him at Chaityabhumi, the last resting place of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, located in Shivaji Park, Central Mumbai.

Earlier, Fadnavis wrote in a post on the social media forum ‘X’, “A noted economist, global symbol of social justice and the father of the Indian Constitution, salute Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Ambedkar on his birth anniversary.”