Tag: Bhima-Koregaon riots

Sangli (Maharashtra) : Right-wing Hindutva leader Sambhaji Bhide alias Guruji on Monday demanded the arrest of Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh leader Prakash Ambedkar and others for allegedly inciting the riots of January 1 in Bhima-Koregaon and its subsequent fallout. Speaking to the media, Bhide, who is the head of Shri Shiv Pratishthan, alleged that the roots of the riots lay in the 'Yalgar Parishad' (conference) organized by various groups on December 31 in Pune. Among the speakers at the conference were Ambedkar, Gujarat Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani, JNU student leader Umar Khalid,...