Click to play videoNew Delhi: In Maharashtra, political parties may be sparring for a land for a memorial of Babasaheb Ambedkar but not too many moved by the plight of a Dalit woman who was assaulted and paraded naked at Mulgaon village in Satara, all because her son eloped with a girl from a higher caste.
After she was stripped, paraded naked and beaten mercilessly by lathis, this Dalit Woman in the district hospital of Maharashtra's Karad says she is terrified of returning to her village.
Weeks after Rekha Chavan was assaulted and humiliated, her attackers roam free. Rekha is guilty of allowing her son, a Dalit elope with an girl from the upper caste.
In election season as politicians across party lines woo the Dalit voter, on the ground very little has changed.
RR Patil, Home Minsiter, Maharashtra, said, "Enquiry has been ordered. Strict action will be taken. I will not allow atrocities on Dalits."
It was in Satara district that a young Ambedkar faced humiliating experiences on account of his caste. Experiences that made him think of unaccountability that influenced his life. Decades later it appears nothing has changed as Rekha chavan from the very same Satar district will tell you. Agitating for land to build a memorial for Babsaheb Ambedkar ahead of elections will not change that.
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