Rakesh’s Reviews > Dalit Panthers: An Authoritative History > Status Update

In 1975 the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna, had issued an order against displaying photographs of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar in the government offices of the state.

"On 31 May 1972. M.P. Verma raised the issue of cinemagoers insulting the national flag and anthem in theatres...S.G. Pradhan, police commissioner of Mumbai, issued a public warning that anyone caught showing disrespect to the national flag would be arrested under Section 2 of the Flag Code.

The punishment for showing disrespect to the national flag was more severe than that for sexually assaulting a Dalit woman."