Ambedkar Jan Morcha, an organisation based in Gorakhpur fighting for the rights of Dalits and other marginalised groups, has threatened to launch a ‘jail bharo’ agitation if the Uttar Pradesh government fails to release its members and activists who were arrested following a stir this month.
Ten persons, including the organisation’s convener, a retired IPS officer, and a French national, were sent to Gorakhpur jail for participating in the ‘Dera dalo, ghera dalo’ protest allegedly held in violation of prohibitory orders on October 10.
Hundreds of protesters, mostly women, had attended the stir demanding one acre for landless families in the State from Scheduled Castes, Other Backward Classes, and other marginalised groups.
