From far & wide, they come to meet Dalit family flogged in Una

Posted by: 2016-07-27 02:33:45 ,
By Raj Kumar

But now this village in Una taluka is where everyone is headed ? from Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi to AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal, JD(U) veteran Sharad Yadav to NCP?s Praful Patel. And all have been heading straight to the house of Balu Sarvaiya, the head of the Dalit family flogged by gau rakshaks on July 11 for skinning a dead cow.
That single incident has put Mota Samadhiyala firmly on the map, triggering Dalit protests across Gujarat, rattling the administration and finding an echo in faraway Delhi where Parliament has been debating atrocities on Dalits, past and present.
Suresh Chandpa, a 29-year-old from Veraval, covered 100 km on his motorcycle to Mota Samadhiyala Monday to inquire about Balu Sarvaiya.
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