6 दिन पहले भेजा लेआउट, तस्वीरों की हुई तारीफ, फिर अचानक डिप्टी रेजिडेंट कमिश्नर का आया फोन; फोटो विवाद पर रेहान वाड्रा ने क्या-क्या बताया?

VIDEO | Delhi: Artist and photographer Raihan Vadra, son of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra, says the Bikaner House administration pulled down several of his photographs of recent Delhi protests ahead of his solo exhibition. He says, "Yesterday at 6.00 PM, I was approached by the Bikaner House management over the phone, saying that some of the photos I was planning to display were objectionable and against their policy. I said, okay, let me know what the photos are, give me the reasoning, give it to me in writing, because I am not inclined to remove those photos immediately until you give me a full explanation. I didn't hear back from them till yesterday afternoon. Yesterday afternoon, they told me first that their team came to see the show and complimented me on the photos. Then later in the afternoon, I got a call from the Deputy Resident Commissioner, who said we have to remove all those photos. I said, please give it to me in writing. They were refusing to give it to us in writing. Then the Principal Resident Commissioner came. He walked through the show with me and basically said that the context and timing of displaying these pictures was incorrect and that I had not shared these pictures with them before. I said that I had shared a layout with these images a week earlier. They then said that the layout was not legible and they couldn't read it. I said, but then you could have told me six days ago. You're telling me four hours before my show, what am I going to do?" (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/bIyFWTfmBd)

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) October 22, 2026

#WATCH | Delhi: On the Bikaner House Exhibition and photo removal controversy involving his son Raihan Vadra, Businessman Robert Vadra says, "I'm very proud of my son... he's a very hardworking person... he puts a lot of effort into doing his exhibition, whatever the subject it may be... It's very unfortunate... he's done exhibitions for the last 6-7 years, and Bikaner has been a platform that he's used many times, and he understands the sensitivities and the protocol. He always provides a PDF file of all the content that will be displayed. The administration at Bikaner House had a whole week to decide if they had any objections to anything... after the invitations and everything, two hours prior to inauguration, the director or the commissioner who's managing the Bikaner House said, 'I'm not very comfortable with the pictures that you're displaying, and you have to remove them'... He said, 'All 75 on the first floor will be removed'. But he (Raihan) said, 'But it's not something that I'm putting up that is going to influence anybody or is going to be like a situation is going to be created... It's something that has existed for a very long time, and all of this is on social media. It's the feeling that everybody had... I've been in the protest for a very long time, and I see whatever goes on, and this is my expression. If I, as a young person living in India, have my own vision and creativity, it's not going to be an influence or going to change people's minds. People's minds are whatever they are, and that's why the protests are in place.'" He adds, "He (Raihan) explained to him and tried to define and argue... he (Raihan) says, 'Which ones would you like us to remove? Or we could basically turn the pictures around, the ones that you have an issue with'... they had the information a week in advance. They said, 'No, you're just going to have to remove this. If you don't, I will not let you use the premises to have your exhibition'... they didn't hear him (Raihan)... They had just put a lot of pressure on him that they had to remove all the pictures.... he (Raihan) argued for the two pictures that had the Indian flag, which was very prominent in the pictures... Raihan said, 'The 70 out of the 75 you can take, the 73, but these two will definitely be there, and that's what I'm going to fight for.' I'm proud of him for standing for the Tricolor and the pictures that had the Tricolor... They just wanted all 75 pictures to go..."

— ANI (@ANI) October 22, 2026