Activist seeks special units to ensure Dalit can ride horses to weddings (Indian Express)

Activist Kalpesh Parmar, affiliated to Janta Sena Gujarat, submitted the representation while riding a horse to the office of Gandhinagar’s district superintendent of police (DSP).

Kalpesh Parmar with his memorandum (Express File Photo)

By Express News Service, Ahmedabad

After a Dalit groom riding a horse as part of his wedding celebrations was assaulted earlier this week at Mansa taluka in Gandhinagar, a social activist on Saturday submitted a memorandum to the Gandhinagar Police and Gujarat home minister seeking that special units be set up in every district to ensure Dalits are allowed to ride horses to their weddings unhindered.

Activist Kalpesh Parmar, affiliated to Janta Sena Gujarat, submitted the representation while riding a horse to the office of Gandhinagar’s district superintendent of police (DSP).

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