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Patna: Bhim Army Sena members stop a train during the bandh call given by Dalit organisations

Archis Mohan New Delhi
Not only is the Dalit challenge facing the Narendra Modi government not over, but Dalit outfits are preparing the ground for another round of protests and demonstrations over the incarceration of Bhim Army leader Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ and unabated atrocities on Dalits. 

On Sunday, the Bhim Army, which claims to be an outfit striving for social change but with no electoral ambitions of its own, plans to hold a protest in Delhi to demand the release of Chandrashekhar and other Dalit activists.

Chandrashekhar, a lawyer, has been in preventive detention since June in the Saharanpur prison and booked under the