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On Ambedkar Jayanti, no procession was ever held in our village.”Pal added, “Until a decade ago, we carried out a procession on Ravidas Jayanti every year. None of us were aware of any procession, despite the fact the procession was supposed to be ended at Ambedkar Bhawan located near our houses. The procession took a round of the village and a bhandara (feast) was held. Those vadalised nameplates and CCTV cameras were not our people, but some anti-social elements who should be identified and punished." It was nothing but a highly condemnable attempt of the BJP to lure Dalit voters.”Sudhir Kumar, representative of local BJP MP Raghav Lakhanpal Sharma, told TOI, "Holding any peaceful procession is our constitutional right..