<p class="title">Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Modi government over alleged rising atrocities against Dalits, citing a media report which claimed that BJP-ruled states registered the highest number of crimes against the Scheduled Castes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gandhi's remarks came days after he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having an "anti-Dalit" mindset.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Mr 56's best buddy, asked me to 'check my facts' when I said the BJP fuels violence against Dalits & Adivasis," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I hope the fact check I'm attaching below, will wake him and Mr 56 up from their deep slumber on these rising atrocities; or I and the Congress party will," he said, tagging a media report which cited the National Crime Records Bureau data of 2016 to claim that BJP-ruled states registered the highest number of crimes against the Scheduled Castes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gandhi has been taking at a swipe at Modi over his "56-inch chest" remark made at election rallies in the run-up to the 2014 polls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP chief Amit Shah had targeted the Congress chief to look at facts before criticising the government over issues related to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shah had also alleged that it was the opposition party that had a legacy of insulting Dalits.</p>
<p class="title">Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the Modi government over alleged rising atrocities against Dalits, citing a media report which claimed that BJP-ruled states registered the highest number of crimes against the Scheduled Castes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gandhi's remarks came days after he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having an "anti-Dalit" mindset.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Mr 56's best buddy, asked me to 'check my facts' when I said the BJP fuels violence against Dalits & Adivasis," he tweeted.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I hope the fact check I'm attaching below, will wake him and Mr 56 up from their deep slumber on these rising atrocities; or I and the Congress party will," he said, tagging a media report which cited the National Crime Records Bureau data of 2016 to claim that BJP-ruled states registered the highest number of crimes against the Scheduled Castes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Gandhi has been taking at a swipe at Modi over his "56-inch chest" remark made at election rallies in the run-up to the 2014 polls.</p>.<p class="bodytext">BJP chief Amit Shah had targeted the Congress chief to look at facts before criticising the government over issues related to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shah had also alleged that it was the opposition party that had a legacy of insulting Dalits.</p>