Mumbai, August 16: Shiv Sena today demanded suspension of a `upa-sarpanch’ of Nigdivandan grampanchayat in Satara tehsil after he prevented the Dalit woman ‘sarpanch’ of the village from hoisting the national flag on Independence Day.
“I spoke to the Satara District Collector Vikas Deshmukh and we demand that the upa-sarpanch be suspended for insulting a Dalit,” Sena spokesperson Neelam Gorhe told PTI here.
The Sena has also demanded that the Block Development Officers in the district review situation in all villages so that such incidents don not recur, Gorhe said.
The upa-sarpanch, Bajirao, was taken into custody yesterday and a case was registered against him under the Prevention of SC/ST Atrocities Act after he humiliated the Dalit woman sarpanch and prevented her from hoisting the tricolour.
—Agencies