Social Boycott Bill in Maharashtra

The Maharashtra government has decided to introduce the 'Prohibition of Social boycott bill.' This will be tabled in the budget session of state Legislature starting from today. The casteism in Maharashtra is severe and the rural areas of the state are still in the grip of caste panchayats. These panchayats has been highly discriminative against the lower castes of the villages. People belonging to castes such as `Mahars’ would not be allowed even to touch the water from common wells.

In other words, the lower castes were socially boycotted. They weren’t allowed to live along with the rest of their villagers. Though various governments have tried to end this disparity, such measures were soon met with sever resistance from the upper class of the society. Now, the present chief minister  Devendra Fadnavis is trying to bring up the bill to fight this partiality through legal means. "Strict punishment provisions have been made in this bill to end this harassment and gives the right to live life with dignity," tweeted Devendra regarding this bill. That’s all we can hope!