Rehan Vadra's Protest-Themed Exhibition Removed from Bikaner House Amid Political Controversy

Pictures of Rehan Vadra, son of Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, were removed by the management of New Delhi-based cultural centre Bikaner House, triggering a political controversy. Rehan Vadra is a visual artist and photographer. Over 70 photographs related to recent protests and youth movements have been removed from Rehan's exhibition. Glimpses of this exhibition titled'No Idea is Final'were shown on Wednesday and it will be open to the general public from Thursday. According to news agency PTI, Rehan said, "Today at 3.30 pm, we were told that if the pictures are not removed by 5 pm, the exhibition will be cancelled. The organisers said that this is not the right time for the exhibition of such pictures." Rehan informed that the Bikaner House administration had also removed a picture of the tricolour, which they re-installed. A post shared by Raihan (ID1) said, "In a statement made on Tuesday, the young artists and the photography management of the Art and Wildlife Photography House, associated with the protest, contacted me at 6 pm.