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Congress Plans Dalit-Adivasi Self-Respect Meeting Over Kharge Ritual
Congress is planning a meeting about an incident in Uttarakhand.
Mallikarjun Kharge held a public meeting in Haldwani on August 8.
Some people reportedly performed a purification ceremony at the same site on August 11.
Congress says this was insulting to Kharge and to Dalit and Adivasi people.
The party also says the police initially did not register a case.
It says an FIR was later registered after Congress MPs protested.
The September 29 meeting will include Congress lawmakers and other party representatives.
They will discuss ways to prevent discrimination and violence against SC and ST communities.
Congress will hold a Dalit-Adivasi Self-Respect Meeting on September 29 in New Delhi.
The meeting will discuss a purification yajna held after Mallikarjun Kharge’s August 8 rally in Haldwani.
Congress alleges the ritual insulted both Kharge and the wider SC/ST communities.
The party says an FIR was registered after MPs protested the Uttarakhand government’s initial inaction.
Congress representatives will also discuss discrimination and violence against SC/ST communities nationwide.
- Who
- The Indian National Congress, including its SC/ST MPs’ Forum and AICC departments, is organising the meeting; Mallikarjun Kharge is at the center of the dispute.
- What
- Congress will hold a Dalit-Adivasi Self-Respect Meeting to discuss the alleged purification ritual and broader discrimination against SC/ST communities.
- Where
- The meeting will be held at Mavalankar Hall, Constitution Club of India, New Delhi; the disputed ritual took place at Ramlila Ground in Haldwani, Uttarakhand.
- When
- The meeting is scheduled for September 29; Kharge’s Haldwani rally took place on August 8 and the alleged ritual on August 11.
- Why
- Congress says the ritual insulted SC/ST communities and wants to discuss alleged violations of laws protecting them and prepare a preventive roadmap.
Key facts
- Meeting date
- September 29
- Meeting venue
- Mavalankar Hall, Constitution Club of India, New Delhi
- Organisers
- Congress SC/ST MPs’ Forum in collaboration with relevant AICC Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe departments
- Disputed event
- An alleged purification yajna at Haldwani’s Ramlila Ground on August 11, after Kharge’s August 8 public meeting
- FIR status
- Congress said an FIR was eventually registered in Haldwani after MPs protested at the Parliament Street police station
- Laws cited
- Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955, and Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989
- Expected participants
- Congress MPs, former MPs, ministers from Congress-ruled states, MLAs and AICC representatives
Quotes
Manoj Kumar
Congress leader who appealed for participation in the meeting
“Atrocities against Dalits and tribals in the Modi government continue to rise. They are beaten, humiliated. Therefore, my appeal to all Dalit-tribal MPs, MLAs, MLCs of the country is to join the Dalit-Tribal Respect Meeting on the 29th and strengthen the fight against injustice.”
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“The meeting will discuss the purification ritual following Kharge ji’s public meeting in Haldwani, Uttarakhand, in August.”
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