Congress’s Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani on Saturday questioned the silence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah that the alleged incidents of atrocities against Dalits, Adivasi and other weaker sections in Gujarat, and announced that the party would hit the streets to raise the issue.
Addressing a press conference at the AICC headquarters in the capital, Mevani accused the RSS of the PM, Home Minister and the RSS of “putting the values of the values” on the Constitution.
Citing a low sentence rate in cases of atrocities on Dalits, Mevani said at the national level, the figure is 30-35%, but in Gujarat it is only 3-5%, which means 95%of criminals in the state are scott-free.
The Congress leader told reporters that several incidents of Dalit atrocities have been reported from Gujarat such as the murder of a 19 -year -old Dalit youth in Amreli, the alleged settings of the alleged gang rape of a Dalit senior citizen and a Dalit girl in Patan, including.
He announced, “The Congress is preparing to start a large-scale demonstration in August-September, in which against the atrocities suffering from Dalits, Adivasis and weaker sections in Gujarat,” he announced.
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