NEW DELHI:  PM Narendra Modi met MPs belonging to the SC communities and assured them that Government is doing everything to protect the rights and well-being of our Dalit sisters and brothers said BJP president Amit Shah as DD news reported.

Amit Shah took his twitter handle to defend BJP-led-Govt as saying,”We will continue our efforts to make our Dalit sisters and brothers the makers of New India. We will fulfil their aspirations and dreams. Jai Bhim! Jai Hind!, he tweeted.

Amit Shah also cornered Congress on the issue of Dalit icon Dr Ambedkar and said,”Congress, which is mocking the DNA of PM @narendramodi is the same party which Defeated Dr Ambedkar not once but twice.Made flimsy excuses to ensure his portrait was not placed in Central Hall.Denied him a Bharat Ratna. India has seen through their negative politics!” he posted in another tweet.

The Supreme Court on March 20 in its verdict diluted the provisions of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, and said that government servants should not be arrested without prior sanction and private citizens, too, be arrested only after an investigation under the law.

Opposing the ruling, a number of Dalit organisations had called for a 'Bharat bandh' yesterday in which several violent incidents and blockades of roads and rail tracks were reported from many states.