Kejriwal visits Una, sounds warning against oppression of Dalits
"The BJP government in Gujarat is anti-Dalit and oppressing Dalits. Those being oppressed by the BJP will teach the party a lesson," media reports quoted Kejriwal as saying after he visited the family of one of victims in Una, 360 km from Ahmedabad.
"We demand action against Dalit atrocities," the Aam Aadmi Party chief said. Gujarat, going to Assembly polls next year, is one of the states the AAP has been eyeing for expansion beyond Delhi.
Kejriwal also met activists who attempted suicide over the past week.
Una has been in the centre stage of a national outrage over the flogging and shaming of four Dalit men for skinning a dead cow on July 11.
After Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's visit on Thursday, it was Kejriwal's turn as the issue gifted the anti-BJP forces an opportunity to unite launch a fresh attack.
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