Today in Delhi, Rajya Sabha had a brief adjourment on the first day of Monsoon Session over atrocities on Dalits as BSP members trooped into the Well alleging atrocities on dalits in Gujarat.
Soon after the Question Hour began, BSP chief Mayawati raised the issue of recent incident in which some members of the Dalit community, engaged in skinning dead animals, were beaten up in Gujarat. She said some anti-social elements tied their hands, stripped them and beat them up in a public in broad daylight. The police did not take immediate action and the crowd too did not intervene, the BSP leader alleged and blamed the state government too for not taking prompt action against the culprits. Blaming the BJP of being ‘anti-dalit’, she said the state police swung into action only after the incident was highlighted by the media.
