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Bharat bandh: Amit Shah snubs Oppn for making people suffer; seeks apology

The BJP President also assured to protect the rights of Dalits

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BJP National President Amit Shah addresses the Navashakti Samavesh of three Assembly constituencies in Mysore on Friday. Photo: PTI

Press Trust of India New Delhi

A day after violent 'Bharat Bandh,' BJP president Amit Shah today said a "microscopic minority of dejected and rejected political parties" made the people suffer and sought their apology to "Dalit sisters and brothers." In a series of tweets, Shah reached out to the community, which has been protesting a Supreme Court order on a law on atrocities against it and sought to turn the tables on the Congress by raking up its treatment to Dalit icon Bhimrao Ambedkar.
 
He also blamed "vested interest groups" for spreading the panic on the issue of reservation for Dalits, saying it is