Rahul Gandhi slams RSS/BJP for plight of Dalits

NEW DELHI: Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Monday slammed the RSS and the BJP for the plight of Dalits and said he saluted "brothers and sisters" from the group who have hit the streets to call for protection of their rights from the Modi govt.
Gandhi's feedback got here as a number of Dalit organisations called for a nation-wide shutdown towards the dilution of arrest provisions underneath the SC/ST Atrocities Act by way of the Supreme Court.

"It is within the DNA of the RSS/BJP to keep Dalits on the lowest degree in Indian society. Any person who challenges this concept is beaten with violence.

"Our Dalit brothers and sisters are lately on the streets difficult protection of their rights from the Modi Government. We salute them," he said on Twitter.

दलितों को भारतीय समाज के सबसे निचले पायदान पर रखना RSS/BJP के DNA में है। जो इस सोच को चुनौती देता है उसे वे हिंसा… https://t.co/cdhUIBQhQo

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1522647998000

Gandhi and his Congress party have slammed the BJP and the Modi govt for its "anti-Dalit" mindset.

The Supreme Court on March 20 diluted the provisions of the Act and said govt servants will have to now not be arrested with out prior sanction and personal voters, too, will have to be arrested best after an inquiry underneath the legislation.

The Centre has said it'll move a evaluate petition towards the Supreme Court verdict on Monday.