The Congress’ in Mumbai recently criticised the Modi government for remaining silent over the dilution of the SC/ST Atrocities Act.

Mumbai Congress President Sanjay Nirupam urged the government to file a review petition in the apex court against the court's decision diluting stringent provisions in the Act.

He asserted, “The government is trying to marginalize the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, as is evident in the continuing violence against them.”

Nirupam added, “Dilution of the Act is a threat to communal harmony in the country. Strangely the government seems to have turned a deaf ear to their plea for justice. We cannot have a significant percentage of the population of the country living under a threat.”

He has given a 15-day ultimatum to the government to go in for a review plea and provide blanket protection to the SC/ST members and warned the party would launch massive protests otherwise.