New Delhi | The Congress Party on Sunday claimed that the Dalit community is threatened to Mob violence under Narendra Modi led BJP government. He further alleged that the central government is not doing enough for the upliftment of the community.
Speaking to Media Congress spokesperson Tom Vadakkan said, “If one looks closely, several lynching operations against Dalits, beating of Dalits are taking place in our country. BJP is only paying lip service to renowned Dalit leader Bhim Rao Ambedkar ji. This clearly shows what all BJP is doing while in power. It is unfortunate that their (BJP) president is making such grandstanding statements about Dalits upliftment, which have no basis at all in ground reality,” he said.
Earlier Congress President while protesting against the Dalit Atrocities Act at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar accused the Central government of marginalising the backward communities. Addressing the rally he said, “The things start with “neeyat” (intentions), whatever will be there in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s heart, the things will work according to that. Prime Minister Modi wants Dalits to remain marginalised. If Modi had a place for Dalits in his heart, his policies would have shown it by now. Prime Minister Modi had written in one of his books that it feels good when the house has been cleaned by a Dalit. The atrocities Act was given by the Congress party and former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi to India. I assure you, the Congress will not let the SC/ST Act to be diluted.”
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