The shuddhikaran was "a crime"; Uttarakhand police behaved "bizarrely & inexplicably": Justice Madan Lokur, former Supreme Court Judge, to Karan Thapar for The Wire.

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The saga of the shuddhikaran carried out in Haldwani after Mallikarjun Kharge’s rally last month has taken a bizarre turn. Blatantly and repeatedly ignoring Rahul Gandhi’s demand that an FIR be filed, the Uttarakhand police have instead filed an FIR against Rahul Gandhi for promoting enmity and outraging religious feelings. So today we ask a fundamental question: what does this reveal of the Uttarakhand government’s attitude to crimes against Dalits? At the end of the day that’s the single biggest issue that is staring us in the face. My guest is one of India’s most highly regarded former judges of the Supreme Court, Justice Mad ...