Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Gujarat of promoting a model of injustice and oppression against Dalit and tribal communities.
He shared a video of his interaction with a delegation from Gujarat, including those affected by the 2016 Una flogging case, and lamented that the victims were still waiting for justice.
Gandhi's interaction came after a special court in Gujarat's Gir Somnath district sentenced five persons to five years' imprisonment for the July 11, 2016, attack, when over 40 men from an upper caste community stripped and flogged four Dalit men for skinning dead cattle.
The Congress leader said that the situation has worsened for the victims of Una, who are still awaiting justice after a decade, and that the situation has become even more horrific under the BJP government in Gujarat.
The delegation complained that the state government hadn't kept its promises of assistance to the victims, and that they fear for their lives.
