Mayawati urges Gujarat govt to seek strict punishment for accused in Una Dalit flogging case

Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and BSP chief Mayawati has called on the Gujarat government to seek strict punishment for those responsible in the 2016 Una Dalit flogging case. The special court in Veraval had convicted five persons and acquitted 35 others in the case, which involved the assault of four Dalit men while they were skinning a dead cow.

Mayawati criticized the acquittal of most of the accused as a result of government bias and negligence towards the welfare and security of Dalits. She also demanded that the Gujarat government provide the victim families with legal counsel at the state's expense, in line with legal aid provisions introduced during her tenure as Uttar Pradesh chief minister.

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