“In Mota Samadhiyala, Una to meet the family members of the Dalit youths who were so brutally assaulted”, Congress vice-president tweeted.
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“In Agra, a Dalit was beaten to death on the road, we did not go there to spoil the atmosphere”, the Gehlot said.
He met the family amidst all media persons.
“He (Rahul) also asked questions about issues and discrimination being faced by us in our village”. 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. “We feel justice should be delivered in six months which is why we did not hand over the matter to Central Bureau of Investigation, which usually takes about two years to wind up a case”, Singh said. “It would have been nice if they themselves would have filed an FIR (first information report) against him”, Mayawati said.
“We also told him that after the brutal beating for skinning of dead cows”.
The team said that Dalits are “soft targets” for vigilante groups even though they are actually not involved in cow slaughter, but are only indulging in their traditional business of leather.
In Rajkot, a BRTS bus stand was damaged, while a state transport bus was damaged at Unjha in Mehasana district late last night though nobody was hurt, they said, adding barring sporadic incidents, nothing major has been reported so far today.
He raised the issue after virtually the entire Opposition was on its feet protesting over the incident with Congress members storming the Well.
Gujarat Congress MLA Shailesh Parmar later said that Rahul will give Rs 5 lakh as aid to family of the victims.
In the message, Kejriwal added that protesting members should maintain peace and Dalit youths should not attempt suicide.
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Replying to a debate in the House, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said the Gujarat government has taken prompt action in the case involving thrashing of some dalits by cow protection activists and had arrested 16 accused and suspended 4 police officials including an Inspector.
