Political overtone continued in Gujarat on Saturday over the incidents of atrocities on Dalit youths on July 11, as two more political leaders Sharad Yadav (JDU) and Brinda Karat (CPM) visited Rajkot and Mota Samadhiyala to see victims.
This was after visits of Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and NCP leader Praful Patel, among others.
On her visit to Gujarat, Karat said she came to the State not to do politics over Dalit issue but to express solidarity with the victims.
Sources said the two Dalit rallies were conducted at Saurasthra town Wankaner and North Gujarat town Siddhpur in protest of atrocities on Dalits. Both the towns saw shut down, even as people from Dalit community held rallies to show solidarity with Dalit youth who were thrashed in public for allegedly skinning a dead cow. The rally in Wankaner town of Saurasthra was relatively peaceful, but there were incidents of stone throwing after the rally in Siddhpur.
Meanwhile, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, before his departure from Rajkot on Saturday morning took a dig on Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben, saying that there was a severe rift between police and people in the State.
He claimed that there was anger against the State Government, which would reflect in upcoming Assembly polls.
In a similar incidenct in Rajula town of Amreli District pertaining atrocities on lower caste people, as many as six persons were arrested by the State Police.
The incident allegedly took place on May 22 this year. Just like Una case, the accused of Rajula incident were arrested on the basis of a video recorded on a smart phone.