Agra, April 17 -- Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Thursday raised concerns and condemned the recent incident of "casteist violence" during a Dalit wedding procession in Agra.

Mayawati condemned the incident and said that the increasing atrocities against the poor and Dalits across Uttar Pradesh are "extremely worrying."

The BSP chief pointed out that under the rule of the BSP, the state government had always stood firmly with the oppressed, ensuring justice for the Dalit community.

"The recent incident of violence by casteist and feudal elements on a Dalit wedding procession in Agra and the increasing incidents of atrocities on the poor and Dalits in various districts of UP are extremely worrying, whereas during the rule ...