A ‘Jan Daavedaari’ (people’s assertion) rally against increasing assaults on the Dalits and minorities in the country and in solidarity with the Dalit movement in Gujarat, was held by the Koderma district unit of CPI(ML) in Jhumri Talaiya. The rally that started in Jhumri Talaiya bus stand and culminated in the form of a public meeting at the Jhanda Chowk. The rally was led by district secretary Mohan Dutta and former MLA from CPI(ML) Vinod Singh. Hundreds of people from Jainagar, Domchanch, Markachho, Chandwara and Koderma blocks participated in the rally. Among the participants, a large number comprised of women construction workers. The protestors raised loud slogans against cow-protection vigilante groups and the BJP governments at the state and centre under whom the assaults on Dalits and minorities have increased. Addressing the public, Com. Vinod Singh said that the Modi and Raghuvar governments were working to destroy agriculture in order to protect the interests of the corporate companies. At a time when struggles are building against revisions in CNT and SPT acts, the government is resorting to newer ways of displacing people such as in the name of wrongful settlement. Recently in Ramgarh two innocent workers were shot dead. He urged people to strengthen the struggles against the oppression unleashed by the government and to take forward the ideology of the party among the Dalits and poor.
