Dalits' social boycott: Guj DyCM visits village in Mehsana
After a social boycott call in a village in Mehsana in Gujarat following a Dalit groom's act of riding a horse in his wedding procession, the state's deputy chief minister Nitin Patel Friday visited the area and held talks to get the issue resolved. Some people of Lhor village in Kadi taluka were allegedly unhappy with the groom Manu Parmar's move, on Tuesday, of riding a horse, police had said. Village sarpanch Vinuji Thakor had then issued a diktat asking villagers to boycott Dalit community members, police had said. Читать дальше...