Bikaner House said removing photographs from Raihan Vadra’s exhibition was consistent with its policy. Vadra, the nephew of opposition leader Rahul Gandhi, said he was forced to remove several artworks documenting youth protests from the government-run cultural centre in New Delhi this week because they were deemed “objectionable.”
WHO:Bikaner House and Raihan Vadra
WHAT:Bikaner House said the removal of photographs from Vadra’s exhibition was consistent with its policy, while Vadra said he was forced to remove several protest artworks.
WHEN:Oct 22, 2026
WHERE:New Delhi, India
WHY:Bikaner House said the photographs were removed because they were inconsistent with its policy; Vadra said the works were deemed “objectionable.”
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