In Pics: 10-day Azaadi Kooch Dalit March to Una Is On Its Way

Marching from Ahmedabad to Una, a distance of 350 kms, thousands of Dalits are protesting atrocities.

Thousands of Dalits are marching from Ahmedabad to Una for 10 days in a bid to mobilise the community against Dalit atrocities in Gujarat. The 350-km long march called ‘Azadi Kooch’ started on Friday and will end in Una on 15 August.

The march will end on 15 August in Una where thousands of Dalits will converge to observe ‘independence’. We want to give the message that we will not tolerate discrimination against the community anymore. During the march, we plan to meet people and tell them to demand jobs under Digital India and Skill India initiatives which Prime Minister Modi has been publicising. Never before in Independent India, have Dalits asserted their demands like this.

Jignesh Mewani, Una Dalit Atyachar Ladal Samiti