The Aam Admi Party has launched a campaign against the ‘anti-Dalit’ BJP government at the Centre and in Haryana. As a mark of protest, its SC/ST Cell held a candle-light march at Jantar Mantar on Sunday.
In the wake of the murders of two Dalit children in Sun Perh village of Faridabad district, and the custodial murder of 14 year-old Dalit boy at Gohana in Sonepat, the AAP has demanded the expulsion of Union Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh for his controversial ‘dog’ remarks. A fact-finding team of AAP MLAs had gone to Gohana to submit their report to the SC/ST Commission on Monday. It found that 14 year-old Vinod was murdered in custody by the local police. “There were injury marks on his body and a video prepared by his family presents a gory picture of custodial torture,” said the AAP leaders.
The party has now demanded that a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the direct supervision of the Punjab and Haryana High Court probe in the case and that the accused policemen be named in the FIR.
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“The BJP is anti-Dalit and we will expose the party across the country,” said AAP Delhi unit convener Dilip Pandey.
Delhi’s Social Welfare Minister Sandeep Kumar, said: “There is a spurt in the number of cases against Dalits. We, people from Scheduled Caste, will fight the injustice against us.”