Dalit activist heckled, forced to chant Vande Mataram
Dalit rights activist and author Kancha Ilaiah has alleged that he was heckled in Telangana's Jagtial district by Arya Vysya community members and BJP workers. Stating that the hecklers threatened to cut him in pieces, Ilaiah said he was forced to chant "Vande Mataram". This comes after Ilaiah termed the Arya Vysya community as 'social smugglers' in his book.