Wednesday, April 23, 2025

Topic: Jignesh Mevani

Gujarat: Jignesh Mevani demands IAS officer’s suspension over alleged ‘anti-Dalit’ remark

Gujarat MLA and prominent Dalit politician Jignesh Mevani demanded the suspension of Mahisagar District Collector Neha Kumari on Wednesday, accusing her of making anti-Dalit comments.

”If I am killed…”: Jignesh Mevani alleges threat to life from top cop in Gujarat accused of extrajudicial killing

Jignesh Mevani, Congress MLA from Gujarat and convener of the Rashtriya Dalit Adhikar Manch, on Monday, alleged threat to his life from Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) (SC/ST Cell) Rajkumar Pandian.

“Need your support to defeat fascist forces in Gujarat!”: Jignesh Mevani launches crowdfunding campaign

Prominent Dalit youth leader and Gujarat Congress working president Jignesh Mevani launched a crowdfunding campaign ahead of the Gujarat Assembly elections.

Gujarat: Jignesh Mevani gets six months in jail for protesting

A court in Ahmedabad on Friday sentenced Gujarat Congress's working president and prominent Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani MLA and 18 others to six months of simple imprisonment in a 2016 case of rioting.

Jignesh Mevani gets 3 months in jail for 2017 ‘Azadi’ march

Independent Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani and nine others were convicted and sentenced to three months' imprisonment by a magisterial court in Gujarat on Thursday in a five-year-old case of holding an 'Azadi march' without permission.

“A police state is simply unthinkable:” Court slams Assam Police on case against Jignesh Mevani

An Assam court has sharply criticised the state police for trying to implicate Gujarat MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani in a "manufactured case" of assault on a woman police officer.