SC/ST Act won't be scrapped: Maha CM assures Dalits
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis has assured Dalits that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act will not be repealed or abolished. The Maratha community has been taking out silent marches demanding the abolition of the act. He was  speaking at the 60th Dhamma Chakra Pravartan Day, marking the conversion to Buddhism by Dr BR Ambedkar.