STOP ATTACKS ON DALITS, SAY LS MPS

NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha members on Monday highlighted the cases of atrocities on Dalits in the country and demanded steps to prevent them. LJP’s Chirag Paswan drew the attention of the House towards atrocities against two Dalit youth who were allegedly thrashed and urinated upon in Bihar’s Muzaffarpur district. Alleging that a series of incidents of atrocities against Dalits in Darbhanga and Kishanganj had occurred as the state government did not act against such crimes, Paswan demanded a CBI investigation. Pappu Yadav from the RJD accused the UP government of trying to create a rift between different castes. BJP’s Meenakshi Lekhi said there had been a lot of politics over atrocities on Dalits and no casteist remarks should be made. PTI