New Delhi, Oct. 15 -- A group of Dalit intellectuals, academics and representatives of social justice organisations has written an open letter to the leadership of the Indian National Congress, questioning the party's intervention in the Ankita Bhandari case and alleging that social justice and constitutional morality are being invoked selectively for political purposes.

Titled "Congress's Political Opportunism and Selective Social Justice," the letter raises questions over the Congress leadership's participation in the protest at India Gate in connection with the case. The signatories have questioned whether social justice remains a consistent political principle for the party or is being used as an instrument to target political oppone...