Bilkis, Indra Meghwal and the Curious Case of PM's I-Day Speech
On modern India's glorious day, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi was talking from the ramparts of the Red Fort about protecting the honour of women in society, the BJP-led Gujarat government released those convicted in the Bilkis Bano gang rape case and the brutal murder of 14 others during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Just two days before Independence Day, a 9-year-old dalit student, Indra Meghwal, was beaten to death by a teacher for touching a pot of drinking water reserved for 'upper-castes' in Rajasthan's Jalore district. Senior journalist Urmilesh investigates the truth of the 'five vows' in the Prime Minister's Independence Day address in the context of both these incidents in today's episode of #AajKiBaat.
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