Chalo demonstrations

The chalo (Hindi "let's go") demonstrations were a series of protests against the treatment of Dalits during 2016 in response to cow vigilante violence in India since 2014.

Chalo Una ("Let's go to Una") on 4 August 2016 was a demonstration of an estimated 10,000 people proposing to march from Ahmedabad to Una, Gujarat over 10 days to protest the flogging of four Dalit men caught skinning a cow.[1] One month later the 4 October Chalo Udupi rally and march set out from Freedom Park, Bangalore to Udupi[2] in response to the murder of a Dalit, Praveen Poojary, on the assumption that he was transporting cows to a slaughter house.[3] Other demonstrations, such as chalo Trivandrum, followed in October 2016.[4]

References

  1. ↑ The Quint Chalo Una: Hundreds of Dalits Vow Never to Dispose off Dead Cattle
  2. ↑ Chalo Udupi: A Fight To Make Voices of Dalit Women Heard
  3. ↑ The Hindu August 21, 2016 Three more arrested in Praveen Poojary murder case
  4. ↑ Times of India Oct 17, 2016, 08:19 IST After chalo Una, dalits now plan chalo Trivandrum
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