The Opposition Congress on Monday strongly condemned the attacks on Dalit community in several villages by upper castes opposed to Dalit grooms taking out their wedding procession on horses. Congress demanded that the BJP government in the state take a stern action against the accused involved in the assaults “so as to prevent further occurrence of such incidents that disturb law and order”.
State Congress president Amit Chavda said that the attacks on Dalit grooms riding horses during weddings have increased as the BJP government was not taking any effective action against the accused. “Had the government taken effective action even in one case, it would have worked as a deterrence and prevented occurrence of violence on such occasions,” Chavda told reporters here.