British Prime Minister David Cameron has offered support to the Gandhi Statue Memorial Trust's initiative to install a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at London's prestigious Parliament Square. The prime minister told Asiann Lite newspaper that the decision to install a statue of India's Father of the nation at Parliament Square along with Winston Churchill and Nelson Mandela is wise and timely. “Lots of reasons for the Gandhi statue to be installed at the British Parliament, Cameron said. The prime minister said, through the initiative, Britain is cementing its historical connection with India. A statue of Mahatma Gandhi standing alongside Churchill and Mandela at Parliament Square is highly appropriate and I am highly delighted that we have done this relatively quickly as sometimes the statues take a long time to be commissioned†Cameron added.
