The Caravan / by Siddesh Gautam

Dalit leaders condemned the SC’s order to arrest Anand Teltumbde. Teltumbde is married to Ambedkar’s granddaughter. The Caravan published the full, unedited text of the statement:

Jai Bhim!
Coinciding with the upcoming Ambedkar Jayanti, Dr. Anand Teltumbde, one of India’s foremost public intellectuals and the strongest legatee of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s tradition of struggling for a truly democratic India, will be complying with the Supreme Court’s order to surrender to the jail authorities. He will be surrendering on the 14th April 2020, between 12 noon – 2 pm at the Sessions Court in Mumbai. This is both tragic and shameful for all Dalits, Adivasis, OBC, and minorities on many counts for all of India.
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