Summary:
The Dalit sarpanch of Nagadka village of Gondal taluka in Rajkot has filed a police complaint, alleging that the husband of the deputy sarpanch prevented him from unfurling the national flag on Independence Day. “Sakhiya told me that I can’t unfurl the Tricolour as I was a Dalit. Jogel was elected sarpanch uncontested last year as the post of sarpanch was reserved for Dalit. He told me that the Tricolour would get defiled if I hoisted it,” the sarpanch stated in the complaint. The sarpanch said that he filed the police complaint after consulting other Dalits of the village..