Bhim Army to stage protest in Delhi demanding Chandrashekhar Azad's release under National Security Act

New Delhi: The Bhim Army is planning to stage a protest on the Parliament Street on 19 August demanding release of its founder Chandrashekhar Azad who is in jail on charges of engineering caste riots in Saharanpur last year. [caption id=“attachment_4457659” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] A placard with image of Dalit leader Chandrasekhar Azad Ravan. News18[/caption] The Dalit organisation is also demanding withdrawal of cases against those who have been jailed in connection with the 2 April Bharat Bandh violence. “We will stage a protest on the Parliament Street and march to the Parliament demanding release of Chandrashekhar Azad and dropping of charges under the National Security Act (NSA) against him,” Bhim Army national president Vinay Ratan Singh told reporters. “The rally is necessary as there is a civil war-like situation emerging from the government’s failure to check issues relating to Dalits and caste discrimination,” he alleged.