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Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi on Saturday reached riot-hit Saharanpur and blamed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the unrest in Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir and rising unemployment in the country.
“There’s no place for Dalits and poor in the country, they are being suppressed, this is happening in the entire country,” Rahul Gandhi said after interacting with locals in Saharanpur .
"Narendra Modi did false promises of bringing employment in the country," he added.
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“I am going back on administrations instructions, as soon as the problem will be solved, they will take me to the village,” he added.
Rahul Gandhi arrived in Saharanpur region in Uttar Pradesh even though he was denied permission from the district authorities.
Rahul visited the city to take stock of the prevailing situation, where a caste conflict had erupted in which many Dalits were allegedly targeted.
Clashes occurred earlier after Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati's visit to Saharanpur, where one person was killed and several others were injured.
According to reports, on 5 May, one person was killed and 16 people, including a head constable, were injured in clashes between the Dalits and the Rajputs in Shabbirpur and Simlana villages.
(With inputs from agencies)
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