CALIFORNIA (Dunya News) - California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill recently passed by the state legislature against the caste system in South Asia.
The bill was meant to discourage the caste system based on discrimination.
The said bill was earlier passed at the first stage but California’s Governor Gavin Newsom had vetoed it.
Governor Gavin was influenced by Indians settled in US who gave hefty amount in donations.
It merits mention here that India has exported its cruel caste system to the West.
The persecution and intolerance of upper class Hindus against the low caste have now reached in the western countries.
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The West must take action against the caste system of India that is based on sheer injustice.
The caste system of India dates back thousands of years and allows many privileges to upper castes but represses the lower castes.
The Dalit community is on the lowest rung of the Hindu caste system as its members have been treated as "untouchables."
They still face widespread abuse across India.