Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge attacked the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the reported killing of a Dalit man in Madhya Pradeshs Sagar, alleging that the ruling party has transformed the state into a laboratory for perpetrating atrocities against the Dalit community.Kharge asserted that the BJP will not regain power in the upcoming assembly polls in the state due to the backlash it will face from the people in response to the atrocities against the deprived and exploited sections of society.Kharges comments came after an 18-year-old Dalit man was beaten to death in Madhya Pradeshs Sagar district. Media reports suggest that the attack was carried out by individuals who had been pressuring him to convince his sister to withdraw a sexual harassment case she had filed in 2019.Taking to social media, Kharge wrote in Hindi, “A Dalit youth was beaten to death in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. The goons did not even spare his mother. The Prime Minister, who projects the facade of building the Sant Ravidas temple in Sagar, does not even flinch at atrocities and injustice handed out to Dalits and tribals in Madhya Pradesh.”मध्य प्रदेश के सागर ज़िले में एक दलित युवक की पीट-पीट कर हत्या कर दी गई। गुंडों ने उसकी मॉं को भी नहीं बख़्शा।सागर में संत रविदास मंदिर बनवाने का ढोंग रचने वाले प्रधानमंत्री जी मध्य प्रदेश में लगातार होते दलित व आदिवासी उत्पीड़न एवं अन्याय पर चूँ तक नहीं करते। मध्यप्रदेश के…— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) August 27, 2023Madhya Pradesh CM hides crimes by washing feet of Dalits: Mallikarjun KhargeKharge also criticised the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, accusing him of attempting to conceal his crimes by performing symbolic acts of compassion for the underprivileged only in front of cameras.“The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh tries to hide his crimes by washing the feet of the underprivileged only in front of the camera,” Kharge wrote.“But the BJP has made Madhya Pradesh a laboratory for atrocities on Dalits. BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh has the highest rate of crimes against Dalits, three times the national average,” Kharge continued.Looking ahead to the upcoming assembly polls, Kharge said that the BJP would face consequences for their actions against marginalised sections of society in Madhya Pradesh in the coming months.“Mr. Modi, this time the people of Madhya Pradesh are not going to fall under the trap of BJP, you will get the answer to the agony of the deprived and exploited sections of the society after a few months. BJPs departure is certain,” Kharge wrote.
