29-May-2025 03:22 PM
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Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 (Reporter) Alleging that the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala is the most anti-tribal and the anti-Dalit regime the state has ever seen, Kerala BJP President Rajeev Chandrasekhar said the state witnesses rising number of crimes against Dalit communities.
"Over the past ten years, there has been an unprecedented rise in violence against tribal and Dalit communities, the state BJP President said in a message
"The brutal assault of Shiju, a tribal youth from Attappadi who was stripped, tied to an electric pole, and beaten, is just the latest in a string of atrocities."
"It was also during Pinarayi Vijayan’s misrule that Madhu, another tribal youth, was lynched by a mob after being accused of theft. Over the past ten years, there has been an unprecedented rise in violence against tribal and Dalit communities. Yet, the number of those actually punished continues to drop," he added.
The deep-seated prejudice of the police and the Chief Minister’s Office toward Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Kerala was laid bare in the case of Bindu, a Dalit woman from Peroorkada, who was subjected to blatant and humiliating mistreatment very recently, he said...////...