India, Sept. 3 -- Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Union minister JP Nadda, seeking urgent action against those behind a purification ritual at Ramlila Maidan in Uttarakhand's Haldwani after his August 8 public meeting, underlining that the issue is connected to the sentiments of millions who confront this cruel reality every day. He said no first information report (FIR) has been registered over three weeks after the incident.

On Sunday, the Uttarakhand Police registered an FIR against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for referring to the purification ritual. The complainant in the case against Gandhi alleged he wrongly described the cleaning ritual as an act of untouchability and an atrocity against Dalits without verifying...