Summary:
Dalit leader and Independent MLA from Vadgam, Jignesh Mevani, said on Thursday that he has been getting death threats from a man for supporting the downtrodden community. Mevani said the threats were made to his old phone number, which is currently being used by his personal assistant, Satish Vansola. Vansola said that he received a call at 7 pm on Wednesday from one Virendrasinh, a native of Shankheshwar near Patan. He recorded the conversation and a two-minute audio excerpt of it went viral on social media after Mevani and his supporters forwarded it. "The man began abusing me and said 'You Dalits don't have the right to love anyone," said Vansola, "'Make that clear to your leader..