The four were in New Delhi in the hope of getting some national media attention for the largely ignored plight of the people of Uttar Pradesh, living in fear of the administration and the vigilante groups it is said to have empowered. They alleged that they were specifically targeted for their activism, with Jafar and Ambedkar saying they faced the added baggage of their names. Ambedkar said he was brutalised because his name was a giveaway of the community he belongs to — the Dalits. It will affect the SCs/STs and all the marginalised equally,’’ he said, urging the political class to bury their differences and lead the fight against the citizenship law in Uttar Pradesh as the movement has been nipped in the bud by the reign of terror. CPI general secretary D. Raja accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of lying repeatedly to the nation.

Source: The Telegraph January 15, 2020 21:33 UTC