New Delhi, Aug. 29 -- Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday backed Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's demand for an FIR under the SC/ST Act over an alleged 'shuddhikaran' ritual in Uttarakhand following Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's visit. He said the incident was about the dignity of Dalits and the need to end discrimination.

He accused the BJP and the wider right-wing ecosystem of turning Rahul Gandhi's call for Dalit dignity and an end to discrimination into a partisan political battle, saying their response exposed the "rotten content" of their own character.

In a post on X, Khera wrote, "Shri Rahul Gandhi's press conference today was triggered by the untouchability Shri Mallikarjun @kharge was subjecte...