Politics of intimidation against Dalits a threat to democracy, says Congress

Intensifying its onslaught connected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the alleged termination of IPS serviceman Y. Puran Kumar successful Haryana, the Congress connected Friday (October 10, 2025) said the decease reflected the deepening caste favoritism nether the BJP-led government.

The enactment alleged that crimes against Dalits and marginalised sections person sharply increased, informing that the “politics of intimidation and suppression” threatens the instauration of India’s democracy.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge quoted the latest National Crime Records Bureau information to allege that crimes against Dalits roseate by 46% and those against Adivasis by 91% betwixt 2013 and 2023.

He said that a bid of incidents — including the caste-based harassment of the IPS officer, the sidesplitting of Hariom Valmiki successful Uttar Pradesh, the targeting of the Chief Justice of India, and the battle connected an aged Dalit pistillate successful Sawai Madhopur territory of BJP-ruled Rajasthan — were not isolated cases but symptoms of a “feudal and Manuvadi mindset” perpetuated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP.

“This concatenation of events is simply a nonstop battle connected the Constitution and the principles of equality and societal justice,” Mr. Kharge said successful a station connected X, adding that India “will beryllium governed by the Constitution, not by extremist ideology.”

He accused the BJP of turning a unsighted oculus to rising atrocities against Dalits, Adivasis, minorities, and backward classes portion remaining “engrossed successful its ain spectacles”.

Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi called the Haryana constabulary officer’s decease “a awesome of the deepening societal poison crushing humanity successful the sanction of caste”.

“When an IPS serviceman has to endure humiliation and oppression due to the fact that of his caste – past ideate successful what conditions an mean Dalit national indispensable beryllium living,” Mr. Gandhi asked successful a station connected X, adding that the increasing injustice and hatred fuelled by “BJP-RSS ideology” has filled the nine with venom and eroded religion successful justice.

“This conflict is not conscionable of Puranji’s — it belongs to each Indian who believes successful equality and the Constitution,” helium said.

Congress wide caput Priyanka Gandhi Vadra described the officer’s decease arsenic a “terrifying proof” of the BJP government’s nonaccomplishment to support Dalits. “Whether a communal national oregon a elder officer, Dalits look relentless injustice,” she said connected X.

Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, who is from the Dalit community, deed backmost astatine the Opposition for trying to nexus antithetic incidents arsenic a pattern. “By linking each 3 [incidents], they bring the BJP and the RSS into the picture. This disgusting mentality is reflected successful Rahul Gandhi’s tweet,” helium said. “Why doesn’t helium speech astir caste favoritism Congress-ruled Karnataka,” helium asked.

Mr. Meghwal said the Congress was spreading misinformation to mislead people. He said Mr. Gandhi “conveniently” brought caste into the representation whenever immoderate incidental occurred but would stay soundless connected the “murderous onslaught connected a tribal MP, Khagen Murmu, successful West Bengal, oregon the brutal execution of a tribal miss successful Karnataka”.

“An incidental happened successful Court No. 1 of the Supreme Court. Prime Minister Narendra Modi condemned it, and I did too. An IPS serviceman successful Haryana died by suicide, and the authorities took contiguous action. A lawsuit involving Dalits came up successful Rae Bareli, prompting the Uttar Pradesh authorities to instrumentality swift enactment and apprehension the accused. However, Rahul Gandhi links these 3 incidents to enactment the BJP and the RSS successful the dock. This deplorable mentality is intelligibly disposable successful Rahul Gandhi’s posts... the radical of the state are alert of your evil intentions and volition nary longer beryllium misled,” helium said, accusing Mr. Gandhi of “spreading lies and inciting hatred done societal media”.

Stating that the Dalit assemblage progressed nether Mr. Modi’s enactment since 2014, helium said, “Rahul Gandhi claims that the Prime Minister discriminates, but successful reality, galore initiatives person been taken for the payment of the poor.”