Leaders of various opposition parties led by Congress chief Rahul Gandhi recently expressed concerns on dilution of the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act during a meeting with President Ram Nath Kovind and sought his intervention.
They asserted that the apex court order had created “a feeling of insecurity among the dalits.”
The memorandum presented by the party members said, “there is a great unease and a feeling of insecurity amongst the members of dalit community and other oppressed classes if immediate steps are not taken by the government, then we are afraid, this may turn into something not less than a national disaster.”
The memorandum submitted by the parties further criticised the central government and said the SC judgment came when dalits in the country are facing a distressful situations with the atrocities being committed on them “in every nook and corner of the country.” “This shows a double-faced character of the present government, one inside the courts and the other outside, before public and media,” the memorandum alleged.
