Shirt-less protest by Dalit group against CAA in Pune

PUNE: About 25-30 members of the Pune unit of the Dalit organisation Bhim Army held a protest at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar garden near Pune railway station against

PUNE: About 25-30 members of the Pune unit of the Dalit organisation Bhim Army held a protest at the Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar garden near Pune railway station against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and the violent attack on Jamia Millia Islamia University students by Delhi Police.

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The activists belonging to the Bahujan Ekta Mission of the organisation took off their shirts as a mark of protest and raised slogans against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah.

They demanded immediate withdrawal of the CAA and resignation of the home minister.

Datta Pol, Bhim Army’s state president and Anjum Inamdar, president Mul Nivasi Muslim Manch, criticised the central government and the top leaders of the BJP for enacting the CAA.