‘No respect for Dalits under this government’: Mallikarjun Kharge condemns attack on CJI, lynching of man in UP

Referring to lawyer Rakesh Kishore, who hurled shoes at CJI Gavai, Kharge said that his ideology was the “one that does not consider a human as a human, and does not provide the status for women in the modern society, and talks of a religion which for thousands of years has kept humans in slavery”. Kishore was debarred from the Bar Council of India after attempting to throw a show at the CJI in a courtroom on Monday.

Kharge rued that such a mentality prevailed among some people even after 78 years of independence. “In the name of Manusmriti and Sanatana Dharma, whoever attacks the fundamental rights of people should be punished. Those who unnecessarily try to create tension in society and disrupt law and order, such individuals should be punished,” he said. calling for people from progressive ideologies to band together against such development.

On the lynching of a Dalit man, Hariom Valmiki, by a mob at Rae Bareli, Kharge said that it was a reflection of the deteriorating law and order situation in Uttar Pradesh. “May it be for ordinary Dalit citizens or those in higher positions, there is no respect for them under this government…If we sit idle when a shoe is thrown at the CJI, what will happen to ordinary people, clerks and officials from the community?” the AICC president asked.

Valmiki was lynched by a mob on October 2, while he was on his way to his in-laws. He was suspected of being a thief and was beaten to death by a gang.

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