-ThePrint.in
Dalit farmers in Gujarat allege that they are being prevented by upper castes from cultivating land given to them by the state government for farming.
New Delhi: As many as 116 Dalit farmers from Gujarat approached Chief Minister Vijay Rupani this week for protection over an alleged threat to their life from upper-caste “encroachers”.
The farmers, who belong to Rapar and Bhachau talukas of Kutch, allege that their upper-caste counterparts have, for 35 years, been preventing them from taking possession of land given to them by the state government for farming.
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