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Dalit Groom Rides Horse Under Police Protection in Gujarat, Claims Stone Pelting After Procession

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A Dalit groom’s wedding procession in Gadalvada village, Banaskantha, Gujarat, was anything but ordinary. With 145 police personnel deployed, including a police inspector and three sub-inspectors, lawyer Mukesh Parecha’s varghodo (a traditional groom’s horse ride) took place under tight security on Thursday. Parecha, 33, had sought police protection, fearing backlash from upper-caste groups as no Scheduled Caste person in his village had ever ca…

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A wedding scene of backward mentality - Dalit youth's wedding procession had to be taken out amidst police protection in Banaskantha

Today we are celebrating 75 years of the Constitution, but the qualities of equality mentioned in the Constitution are still missing somewhere. Such scenes have been seen once again in Banaskantha. Here, a Dalit youth was forced to seek police protection to take out his wedding procession. The incident is from Gadalwada village of Palanpur, where stones were pelted on the groom's car carrying the groom, after which there was a commotion for some…

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