 "Ambedkar Jayanti: Dalits protest safronising of Ambedkar memorial; updates")
On the occasion of Ambedkar Jayanti, the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) politicians, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party chief Amit Shah, made a beeline to pay tributes to the social icon, amid criticism by the Opposition. The national capital witnessed protests from the Dalits when some people from the community on Saturday "cleansed" B R Ambedkar's statue soon after Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and BJP leaders paid floral tributes to Ambedkar. Members of the Dalit community claimed that the presence of BJP leaders had 'polluted' the atmosphere.
A group of Sikhs too protested against alleged atrocities perpetrated against minority
