New Delhi, Aug. 27 -- BJP OBC Morcha national president and Rajya Sabha MP K. Laxman on Wednesday announced that the Morcha will hold programmes across the country on August 31 to mark Mukti Diwas. He made the announcement during a virtual meeting.

He stated that in 1952, the then-government freed the Denotified, Nomadic, and Semi-Nomadic communities from the oppressive Criminal Tribes Act imposed by the British. To commemorate this historic moment, August 31 is observed every year as 'Mukti Diwas'.

He emphasised that these communities have long remained socially, educationally, and economically marginalised. While Congress and other parties treated them merely as a vote bank without taking concrete steps, the BJP government under the l...