A nine-year-old Dalit boy died after he was beaten up by a teacher for touching a drinking water pot in a private school in the Jalore district of Rajasthan.
The resignations were spurred by the death of a nine-year-old Dalit boy who was allegedly beaten up by his school teacher for touching a drinking water pot in Jalore.
The death of a nine-year-old schoolkid in Rajasthan’s Jalore has become the latest flashpoint of the infighting within the Congress leadership in the state. The incident has led to a fresh standoff between Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot.
Twelve Congress councillors in the Rajasthan's Baran Municipal Council on Tuesday sent their resignation letters to Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, expressing anguish over atrocities against the Dalits and backing party MLA Pana Chand Meghwal.
Congress MLA Pana Chand Meghwal from Rajasthan said that he cannot express his pain in words and the way his community is being tortured as quoted by ANI.