Congress raises Dalit issue in Parliament, Rajya Sabha adjourned till 2 p.m.

The Congress raised the issue also in the  Lok Sabha where party leader Mallikarjun Kharge accused the BJP-RSS of playing a role in the violence.

However, BJP rubbished such claims and said the Congress is playing politics over the entire issue.

Five people, including four policemen were injured in clashes on Tuesday as Dalit groups came out in large numbers on the streets of Mumbai suburbs to enforce a shutdown in protest against the violence against members of the community.

Raising the issue in the Lower House, Trinamool MP Saugata Roy said: "Our leader Mamata Banerjee believes in harmony among different classes and castes. Any clash among the castes is condemnable."

After the heated exchanges between the ruling and Opposition parties, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the House for nine minutes.

Hundreds of people stalled train operations at Mulund, Chembur, Bhandup, Ramabai Ambedkar Nagar in Vikhroli and Nehru Nagar in Kurla on Tuesday morning.

Media reports quoted  Additional Commission of Police Lakhmi Gautam as saying that there were also attempts to block roads, which police managed to foil.

Later, protesters attempted to march towards Ambedkar Garden in Chembur, but were restricted by the police. They blocked traffic on the roads, including on the Sion Panvel highway.

According to reports, services on the Harbour line were ffected.  Trains between CSMT to Kurla and between Mankhurd to Panvel are running.

Meanwhile, Maratha groups also staged protests in Pune. Buses were reportedly vandalised, due to which services to Ahmednagar and Aurangabad were suspended.

The Dalit groups called for a complete shutdown in Maharashtra on Wednesday in protest against the violence against members of the community in Pune two days ago.