By TCN News,
New Delhi: The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) today held a protest demonstration at Jantar Mantar here and termed the incident of Dalits’ thrashing by the cow protection vigilante group in Una of Gujarat as outrageous.
Seven Dalits were thrashed, stripped, flogged, bound and paraded inhumanly on July 11 under the accusations that they had killed a cow for skinning, a video clip of which gone viral and attracted nationwide condemnation.
While addressing the gathering, party General Secretary Elyas Muhammad Thumbe said, “It is the Modi-led forces of aggressive Brahminism who should introspect with regards to the ongoing violent agitations by Dalits in Gujarat and other parts of India as it is not the question where it went wrong, but where did it go right.”
The discriminatory ideological oppression over Dalits which is being witnessed on Indian soil for ages must end so as to guarantee peace in the nation, he added.
He further said that it is the time to draw a line and stand up against this divisive government at the Centre and States. The truth cannot be forgotten that Dalit, tribal and Muslim communities are exposed to grave security risk always and everywhere. Government, instead of appealing for peace to the victims of attack should chain and punish the cow vigilantes for the barbarism they commit. Cow protection cannot be a cover for the pursuit of the kind of aggressive vigilantism that is seen in different parts of the country.
Adv. Aslam, President, SDPI Delhi Pradesh said that it is now becoming RSS & BJP vs. Dalit, SC/ST, Patidars, Backward Classes, Minorities and Moderates. Gujarat has failed in its duty to take care of the minorities, Dalits, Adivasis and the people below the poverty line.