Dalits Feel Insecure In Gujarat: Rahul

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New Delhi: Congress's president-elect Rahul Gandhi has snubbed Prime Minister NarendraModi over alleged atrocities on Dalits in Gujarat, insisting the community feels insecure in the state.

Gandhi asked who will take responsibility for the Una incident where young Dalit men were flogged for skinning a dead cow.

"Neither land, nor employment, no health and no education, Gujarat's dalits received only insecurity”,he said.

"Modiji is silent on Una's tragic incident, but who will take the responsibility for it. A number of laws were made in the name of dalits, but who will execute them earnestly," he said on Twitter.

The Congress leader's posts were part of his "a question a day" series on social media launched in the run up to the Gujarat Assembly elections.

Rahul Gandhi has been using the tagline "22 salon kahisaab, Gujarat mange jawaab (Gujarat demands answers for 22 years of BJP rule)".

Gandhi had earlier targeted the prime minister on various issues as part of the series, including those related to education, health and financial management, and highlighted the plight of farmers, youth and women.

Gandhi also hit back at Prime Minister Modi's comments against his predecessor Manmohan Singh over a dinner meeting with Pakistani diplomats were unacceptable.

The Prime Minister had insinuated that Manmohan Singh was colluding with Pakistan in the Gujarat polls. The former premier responded by saying Modi was setting a "dangerous precedent" and asked him to apologise to the nation.

"What Modiji has said about former PM Manmohan Singh is not acceptable," Gandhi said at a press conference in Ahmadabad.