Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Aug 27: The reported murder of a Dalit man in Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, prompted Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to slam the BJP and say that the state has become a “laboratory” for atrocities against the Dalits.
In addition, he claimed that the BJP would lose the upcoming assembly elections and that the public would hold it accountable for its atrocities against the underprivileged and exploited groups of society.
According to media reports, an 18-year-old Dalit man from Madhya Pradesh’s Sagar area was beaten to death, allegedly by men who had been applying pressure on him to persuade his sister to drop a sexual harassment case she filed in 2019.
“A Dalit youth was beaten to death in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The goons did not even spare his mother. The Prime Minister, who projects the facade of building the Sant Ravidas temple in Sagar, does not even flinch at atrocities and injustice handed out to Dalits and tribals in Madhya Pradesh,” Kharge said in a post in Hindi on X.
मध्य प्रदेश के सागर ज़िले में एक दलित युवक की पीट-पीट कर हत्या कर दी गई। गुंडों ने उसकी मॉं को भी नहीं बख़्शा।
सागर में संत रविदास मंदिर बनवाने का ढोंग रचने वाले प्रधानमंत्री जी मध्य प्रदेश में लगातार होते दलित व आदिवासी उत्पीड़न एवं अन्याय पर चूँ तक नहीं करते। मध्यप्रदेश के…
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) August 27, 2023
Kharge stated that the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh attempts to conceal his alleged wrongdoings by performing acts such as washing the feet of the underprivileged in front of cameras.
“… But the BJP has made Madhya Pradesh a laboratory for atrocities on Dalits. BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh has the highest rate of crimes against Dalits, three times the national average,” Kharge alleged.
“This time the people of Madhya Pradesh are not going to fall in the trap of the BJP, you (BJP) will get the answer from the people for the atrocities against the deprived and exploited sections of the society after a few months,” he remarked, alluding to the impending assembly elections.
The exit of the BJP is assured, he added.
