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Gujarat: Arvind Kejriwal to visit Dalit victims in Una

This would be Kejriwal's second visit to Gujarat in less than a fortnight.

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AAP convener and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal would visit Una town of Gir-Somnath district in Gujarat on July 22, where some Dalit youths were brutally thrashed last week for allegedly killing a cow.

AAP’s media coordinator Harshil Nayak said Kejriwal would meet the victims.

“The visit is aimed at expressing solidarity with the victims and sharing their pain,” he said.

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This would be Kejriwal’s second visit to Gujarat in less than a fortnight. He had visited the BJP-ruled state on July 9 to kickstart AAP’s poll campaign for the 2017 state Assembly elections.

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AAP also announced that the party would stage protests over the Una incident across Gujarat tomorrow, including in the cities such as Rajkot, Vadodara, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Anand, Junagadh and Bharuch.

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Some persons claiming to be “Gau rakshak” (cow protectors) thrashed seven Dalit youths at Una town last week alleging that they had killed a cow which they were skinning. The victims claimed that they were skinning the cow which had died of natural causes.

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Video of the incident went viral, sparking protests. A head constable was today killed after a mob attacked police in Amreli town, while some Dalit youths have tried to commit suicide in protest against the incident.

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