BATHINDA: The Bathinda district
Congress committee held a protest at Punjab Finance Minister
Manpreet Badal' office against the
April 2 happenings during
Bharat bandh.
Manpreet' wife
Vinu Badal led the protest held against the happenings on April 2 during Bharat Bandh.
On April 2, 2018, the nation-wide protest called by the Dalit community turned ugly. Nine people were killed and many injured as protesters blocked trains, clashed with police and set dozens of vehicles ablaze in several states.
Congress always want that peace and harmony should prevail in the society, Vinu Badal said. Manpreet' close relative
Jaijeet Singh Johal said that the happenings on April 2 has torn the peaceful fabric of society and Congress want this not to be repeated. We want everyone to live in peaceful atmosphere.
The Congressmen accused Narendra Modi government of working against the SC/STs which will not be tolerated at any cost.
The Congress is holding a pan-India "fast" to protest issues like the non-functioning of Parliament and the alleged "dilution" of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
The Supreme Court had on March 20 ruled the government servants not be arrested without prior sanction, and private citizens, too, be arrested only after an inquiry under the law in cases under the SC/ST Act.
It further ruled that preliminary inquiries in a case under the Act be conducted by the Deputy Superintendent of Police to ensure the allegations were not frivolous. The amendment was an attempt to protect honest public servants from being blackmailed with false case. The decision however was termed the Act's "dilution" by various organisations.
Vinu Badal, Jaijeet Johal on protest against happenings on April 2
