Dalit Attacks

A Shiv Sena leader and several others were booked in Thane for allegedly attacking some people and preventing them from entering a temple, a police official said on Thursday.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi responded Monday to the BJP's criticism of his comments on the lateral entry concept, emphasising that this is "an attack on Dalits, OBCs, and Adivasis".

Amid Congress attack that the BJP would change the Constitution and scrap reservations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that he would not let the quotas of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs be given to Muslims on the basis of religion.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that it is clear from the statements of BJP leaders that their objective is to destroy democracy by changing the Constitution and "snatch away" the reservation of Dalits, backward classes and tribals.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a frontal attack on the Congress-RJD combine in Bihar, claiming that the opposition alliance had used its championing of the deprived sections as a "shield, to justify" corruption.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi fired a fresh salvo at the BJP over the 'Pran Pratishtha' event at Ayodhya's Ram Temple, claiming that the OBCs, Dalits, and backward classes were nowhere to be seen during the mega event.

Four persons were arrested for allegedly attacking a Dalit groom for riding a horse as part of his wedding procession in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, police said Tuesday.

A 46-year-old man who was a witness in the murder case of a Dalit man four years ago has died after allegedly being attacked by the accused's relatives last week, police said here on Friday.

Police have arrested three more men in connection with the attack on four Scheduled Caste persons who were hung upside down from a tree and beaten with sticks in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, an official said on Monday.

A Dalit man attacked by six persons in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar, has told reporters that he and three others were urinated on and told to lick shoes on which their assailants had spat.

A class 12 student belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community in Tirunelveli district was allegedly attacked by his classmates, even as Chief Minister MK Stalin expressed concern over "casteism poison" creeping into young minds.

The Tamil Nadu Police on Friday detained six minor boys for allegedly attacking a 17-year-old Dalit student with sickles following the complaint from the victim to his school management against three of the boys alleging harassment.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that atrocities on tribals and Dalits are increasing under the BJP rule, as he decried an incident in Madhya Pradesh where a man, alleged to be a BJP leader, was seen urinating on a tribal.

The MLAs of the ruling YSR Congress and the opposition Telugu Desam party came to blows in the Andhra Pradesh assembly yesterday over a government order banning rallies and roadshows.

Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi launched an all-out attack on the BJP government today, accusing it of "fuelling the fire of hatred" and "viciously targeting minorities, women, Dalits and tribals".

A Shiv Sena leader and several others were booked in Thane for allegedly attacking some people and preventing them from entering a temple, a police official said on Thursday.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi responded Monday to the BJP's criticism of his comments on the lateral entry concept, emphasising that this is "an attack on Dalits, OBCs, and Adivasis".

Amid Congress attack that the BJP would change the Constitution and scrap reservations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday asserted that he would not let the quotas of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs be given to Muslims on the basis of religion.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday claimed that it is clear from the statements of BJP leaders that their objective is to destroy democracy by changing the Constitution and "snatch away" the reservation of Dalits, backward classes and tribals.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched a frontal attack on the Congress-RJD combine in Bihar, claiming that the opposition alliance had used its championing of the deprived sections as a "shield, to justify" corruption.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi fired a fresh salvo at the BJP over the 'Pran Pratishtha' event at Ayodhya's Ram Temple, claiming that the OBCs, Dalits, and backward classes were nowhere to be seen during the mega event.

Four persons were arrested for allegedly attacking a Dalit groom for riding a horse as part of his wedding procession in Gujarat's Gandhinagar district, police said Tuesday.

A 46-year-old man who was a witness in the murder case of a Dalit man four years ago has died after allegedly being attacked by the accused's relatives last week, police said here on Friday.

Police have arrested three more men in connection with the attack on four Scheduled Caste persons who were hung upside down from a tree and beaten with sticks in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district, an official said on Monday.

A Dalit man attacked by six persons in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar, has told reporters that he and three others were urinated on and told to lick shoes on which their assailants had spat.

A class 12 student belonging to the Scheduled Caste (SC) community in Tirunelveli district was allegedly attacked by his classmates, even as Chief Minister MK Stalin expressed concern over "casteism poison" creeping into young minds.

The Tamil Nadu Police on Friday detained six minor boys for allegedly attacking a 17-year-old Dalit student with sickles following the complaint from the victim to his school management against three of the boys alleging harassment.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said that atrocities on tribals and Dalits are increasing under the BJP rule, as he decried an incident in Madhya Pradesh where a man, alleged to be a BJP leader, was seen urinating on a tribal.

The MLAs of the ruling YSR Congress and the opposition Telugu Desam party came to blows in the Andhra Pradesh assembly yesterday over a government order banning rallies and roadshows.

Former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi launched an all-out attack on the BJP government today, accusing it of "fuelling the fire of hatred" and "viciously targeting minorities, women, Dalits and tribals".