Can’t Dalits Even Protest in a Democracy demands MLA Jignesh Mevani
At a large press conference addressed at the Press Club in Mumbai, Jignesh Mevani, recently elected MLA from Vadgam, Gujarat, hit out at the RSS-BJP government for filing a frivolous FIR against him. The Maharashtra government has registered an FIR under sections 153, 505 of the Indian Penal Code. On January 9 a Yuva Hunkar Rally will be held in Delhi with youth leaders of different kinds after which MLA Jignesh Mevani will march to the PMO and hand over a copy of the Manusmriti and the Constitution! “Choose one of the two, I will tell prime Minister Modi, “ Mevani declared
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“I am a seasoned social activist, a lawyer, believer in the Constitution and now I am a law maker. This is a deliberate step to malign me, tarnish my reputation and the action of a government rattled by the humiliating loss of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat that was reduced to just 99 seats”: Jignesh Mevani, MLA
“Fighting for the rights of the under-privileged on the streets is the democratic right of every citizens of this country”: Jignesh Mevani, MLA, Gujarat.
“The agenda of the RSS-BJP (Sangh Parivar) target Dalit-Minorities-Adivasis and De-Monetisation and GST has targeted traders. The people of India are reeling under the impact of the Gujarat Model”: Jignesh Mevani, MLA