22 July,2016 08:23 AM IST | | Agencies
Union Minister and Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale roots for inter-caste marriages to end casteism in the country
New Delhi: "Gau raksha jaruri hai (cow protection is necessary) but who will save humans," newly-inducted Union Minister and Dalit leader Ramdas Athawale said.
Members of Dalit community stop a train at Udhna Junction during a protest in Surat yesterday. Pic/PTI
"All should work together and nobody should politicize things. Law alone will not ensure that there is no crime against Dalits. For this, people need to work together. Law will take its own course. Unless the society changes, inter-caste marriages are promoted, unless efforts are made to bring together two sides of the society, I feel casteism will not end," he said yesterday. He said, "The message should go that Dalits are also citizens of this country. They should also be respected."
