“The inaction by the police could not have been without some signal from the top”, the AAP leader said.
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Alleging the state government, the Delhi CM said the state government is involved in all these incidents happening in Gujarat.
A video of the four Dalit men, believed to be tannery workers, being stripped and beaten with sticks allegedly by the members of a Hindu hardline group last week in Gujarat’s Una town has gone viral and sparked massive protests by Dalit groups.
Almost half a dozen of state transport buses were damaged while scores of youths attempted suicide. In a symbolic gesture, they left a number of carcasses of cows on the ground outside a government building during a massive wave of protests during which they also torched buses and threw stones at police. Later, the agitators were dispersed by the police. The State Government is also providing medical care and compensation to the victims, he said.
District administration in Gir Somnath-where Mota Saladhiyala village is located-imposed Section 144, which prohibits gathering of more than four persons, to avoid any untoward incident by preventing gathering of people to protest.
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Naqvi also said the compulsory afforestation bill which was listed for discussion was in favor of the Dalits and the Scheduled Tribes. Incidentally, BJP had formed government under Keshubhai Patel there in 1995 and ruled for most of the period till 2001 when Modi took over.
Earlier Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment Thawarchand Gehlot said that despite provision in the law and constant efforts by the Government, violence on Dalits is not stopping.
The Congress members were not satisfied with the Home Minister’s reply and staged a walkout. “This is the first time in three decades that Dalits have come out to protest like this”, said Mrs Nirjhari Sinha, convenor of the Jan Sangarsh Manch, a voluntary civil rights group in the state.
“But the state needs to take the permission from the High Court in this connection”, he said.
Kejriwal also pressed for swift action against all the accused.
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Opposition parties led by Congress on Tuesday forced two adjournments of the Rajya Sabha in the pre-noon session over attacks of Dalits in Gujarat.
