Dubai-based lawyer and social activist KK Sarachandra Bose reached Jharkhand on Friday as part of his nationwide campaign, Bharat Yatra, to spread awareness about the need to eradicate caste system from the society.
62-year-old Bose had appealed to the Government of India, to take firm step against this stigma of the society and regarding this he had also served a notice on the Indian Government for constitutional reform to eradicate this system by or before December 31, 2014 on November 30, 2103. The 40 days yatra was flagged off from Thiruvananthapuram on June 9.
Along with a team of 34 volunteers, the sexagenarian is addressing people across the states before reaching Delhi mid- July, traversing a distance of almost 14,000 km. All along his way, he has been freely distributing a book among the people authored by him — Casta Away! India, Hinduism and untouchability.
Bose, who had been practising law in the gulf for three and a half decades and is a member of international Bar is covering his yatra in all state capitals and is holding meetings in another 35 plus cities and towns. He said, “I do not depend on any organisation or political party whatsoever... I bank on my own conviction and more importantly the book.”