Karni Sena demands review of SC/ST Act

A Rajput community outfit Sunday sought changes in the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act to ensure that a person is arrested for an offence under the law only after a probe into the allegations against him.

We are giving the government one month time. We will announce our further course of action on October 24, said Shree Rajput Karni Sena chief Lokendra Singh Kalvi.

Kalvi made the demand while addressing a rally 'Jauhar Swabhiman Sammelan' in Chittorgarh, held to celebrate the foundation day of the outfit.

The rally was attended by thousands of people, including large number of women, of the Rajput community, who braved intermittent rains to participate in the meeting.

Kalvi also demanded a review of the government's reservation policy for the other backward classes and Dalits, besides creation of a mechanism to check the historical facts of a film before it is cleared by the censor board.

The chief of Karni Sena, which had spearheaded a large-scale violent protest against alleged distortions of historical facts in film 'Padmavat', said The government should set up a board for pre-screening of such films so that facts could not be distorted."