Summary:
This means even after seven decades of the country’s independence, Dalits cannot enjoy small celebrations in this state,” Mevani emphasized. Dalit leader and Vadgam MLA Jignesh Mevani questioned the Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Tuesday about the attacks on Dalits in the state and his silence on the matter. The simple act of taking out a wedding procession has become fraught with risk for them. When asked whether he had sought PAAS leader Hardik Patel’s support in the Aravalli incident (Patels had blocked the wedding procession), Mevani said such incidents should not require an invitation to show their support. “In every village where this violence took place, it was the first instance of a Dalit family daring to have a wedding procession..