Dalit activist Mewani meets Rahul Gandhi, joins Congres’s Navsarjan yatra

Navsari:

Dalit activist Jignesh Mewani met Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi in a party plot in Italva of Navsari distirct today.

Mewani along with 31 other representatives of his outfit Rashtriya Dalit Yuva Adhikar Manch and Banskantha Dalit Sangathan had an around half an hour long meeting with the Congress leader at B R Farm and party plot.

Later Mewani reiterated that he was not going to join Congress or appealing for votes in favour of the party.
He however said that Rahul gave a patient hearing to the 17 points regarding various Dalit issues in the state and agreed to include these in the party manifesto.

‘I told him that he should also meet other Dalit leaders in the state as I am not the only one representing them. Later we can have another round of meeting may be with any other prominent leader of the party if not Rahul,’ Mewani said.

He said that though he would refrain from seeking votes for the party or joining it, the patient hearing of our issues by him today has definitely sent a positive signal to the 47 lakh dailts of Gujarat.
on Dalit issues in Gujarat.

Notably, Rahul is on a 3 day visit to South Gujarat since November 1.

DeshGujarat