SC/ST wants criminal case over Ambedkar cartoon row

New Delhi: A Dalit organisation on Saturday demanded a criminal case be registered against those responsible for publication of the cartoon "denigrating" BR Ambedkar in NCERT text book.

All-India Confederation of SC/ST Organisations, which met here, demanded strict action against officials involved in the publication of the cartoon.

"Every person who participated in the publication of the cartoon should be penalised and a criminal case should be registered against them," K P Chaudhary, Secretary-General of the organisation said.

[Courtesy: Zee News, May 19, 2012]

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