“AFTER WE organised a Buddha Katha programme in May last year, some persons belonging to the Brahmin community threatened us, saying that if we hold another one, they would kidnap the women singers and open fire indiscriminately at the venue of the event,” says Ram Sagar Paswan (48), chief organiser of the seven-day Buddha Katha […]
This incident, which again raises doubts about how far the fundamental rights guaranteed to the people of the country by the constitution are being ensured to Dalits and minority communities, is not.
The case was registered under IPC sections for rioting, assault, defiling a place of worship or sacred object, outraging religious feelings and under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.