- Murugan said the DMK claims that it is the pioneer of social justice but the ruling party is not following the idea of social justice in the state.
- Dalits take to streets in Gujarat against ‘caste-based’ attack on NSUI leader
- Groom assaulted for riding horse during wedding procession in Gujarat
NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, AHMEDABAD, JULY 9
Union Minister Dr L Murugan on Tuesday alleged that large-scale atrocities were taking place against Dalits in Tamil Nadu and claimed that even political leaders were not safe in the state under the DMK government.
Incidentally, atrocities against Dalits are rampant in rural areas of Gujarat ruled by BJP for over a quarter century, say sources
A delegation of the Tamil Nadu BJP unit, led by the party’s state vice president VP Duraisamy, will approach the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and the National Human Rights Commission later in the day, urging them to take appropriate action in the matter, Murugan told a press conference at the BJP headquarters here.
Senior leaders of the BJP Tamil Nadu unit, including Duraisamy, were present at the press conference.
“After the DMK came to power in May 2021, there has been a tremendous increase in the atrocities against Dalits in Tamil Nadu. A survey is telling that every year more than 2,000 cases of atrocities against Dalits are filed in the state,” Murugan said.
He referred to a series of incidents of alleged atrocities against Dalits since 2022 and some incidents of attack and murder of the BJP leaders in the state, putting the blame on the “complete failure” of Chief Minister MK Stalin.
“Recently, K Armstrong, a Dalit leader and BSP state president, was murdered,” he said, alleging that “even political leaders are not safe” in the state under the DMK rule.
“Scheduled caste leaders and people do not have security. They are facing harassment under the DMK government,” he said.
“A delegation of BJP Tamil Nadu unit, led by Duraisamy, is going to submit a memorandum to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes and National Human Rights Commission today in this connection, urging them to take appropriate action in the matter,” the Union minister said.
Murugan said the DMK claims that it is the pioneer of social justice but the ruling party is not following the idea of social justice in the state.
“Stalin doesn’t have the moral right to talk about social justice because of the incidents of atrocities against Dalits taking place in the state,” he charged.
Dalits take to streets in Gujarat against ‘caste-based’ attack on NSUI leader
Hundreds of people, mostly Dalits, recently took to the streets in Gujarat’s Gondal, about 250 kilometers from Ahmedabad, against the alleged “caste-based” attack on a functionary of the Opposition Congress’s student wing National Students’ Union of India (NSUI).
Sanjay Solanki, the NSUI functionary, alleged he had been kidnapped and taken to a deserted farm in Gondal, where he was threatened with a firearm in the presence of ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Geetaba Jadeja’s son, Jyotiradityasinh, 25, who was arrested on June 6.
Groom assaulted for riding horse during wedding procession In Gujarat
Four persons were arrested for allegedly attacking a Dalit groom for riding a horse as part of his wedding procession in Gujarat’s Gandhinagar district, police said in February this year.
The incident occurred on Monday afternoon at Chadasana village when the accused persons also hurled casteist abuses at the Dalit groom Vikas Chavda when he was riding a horse as part of his wedding procession, a Mansa police station official said.
The groom was riding a horse in a procession with around 100 participants and was on the way to the bride’s house in the village when a man on a motorcycle intercepted and dragged him down from the horse and slapped him, said a complaint filed by the groom’s cousin Sanjay Chavda.
