Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Tuesday demanded the resignation of Punjab Chief Minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann over the vandalisation of Babasaheb Ambedkar's statue in Amritsar, news agency PTI reported.

Accusing the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in the northern state of "laxity" in the matter, Ramdas Athawale, the Republican Party of India chief, also said the person involved in the act "should be hanged".