<p class="title">The people of Karnataka will reject BJP for the “persecution and prosecution” of Dalits and other weaker sections, former Union minister and Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shinde, also a Dalit, charged that India witnessed a rise in anti-Dalit and anti-Adivasi bias like never before ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power. He attacked BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa for “ordering hotel food as it was below his dignity to eat at a Dalit house.” Shinde also hit out at Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde for calling his critics ‘barking dogs’ after a protest by Dalits, and for his ‘change-the-Constitution’ remark.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shinde claimed that Modi had once drawn a parallel between mentally-retarded children and Dalits during the release of a book titled Samajik Samrasta.</p>
<p class="title">The people of Karnataka will reject BJP for the “persecution and prosecution” of Dalits and other weaker sections, former Union minister and Congress leader Sushilkumar Shinde said on Thursday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shinde, also a Dalit, charged that India witnessed a rise in anti-Dalit and anti-Adivasi bias like never before ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power. He attacked BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa for “ordering hotel food as it was below his dignity to eat at a Dalit house.” Shinde also hit out at Union Minister Anantkumar Hegde for calling his critics ‘barking dogs’ after a protest by Dalits, and for his ‘change-the-Constitution’ remark.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shinde claimed that Modi had once drawn a parallel between mentally-retarded children and Dalits during the release of a book titled Samajik Samrasta.</p>
