Several Dalit organisations called for a nationwide shutdown, a ‘Bharat Bandh’ to protest the ruling by Supreme Court that amended the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. The ruling diluted certain crucial provisions in the law. Read more
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