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Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani detained before PM Modi’s Gujarat visit

Gujarat Dalit rights leader Jignesh Mevani was picked up by police from Ahmedabad airport on Friday evening, hours before PM Modi’s 2 day visit to Gujarat as part of his birthday celebrations. Mevani was kept at the crime branch office in Raikhad area and has been released now. Mewani’s statementment was recorded. He was accompanied by 500 Bhim Sevaks.

Jignesh Mevani returned from Delhi after attending the Dalit Swabhiman Sangharsh rally, which was addressed by Prakash Ambedkar, grandson of BR Ambedkar, and several Left leaders, including CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury.