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on the inhuman treatment towards the Satyagrahis in general and the women Satyagrahis in particular by the Congress ministry in Power Mr. Rajbhoj, the General Secretary of the All India Scheduled Castes Federation took up the lead of the Satyagraha movement and was arrested on the 18th April Mr. Tilakchand Kureel, President of the U. P. S. C. F. was also arrested. The news regarding the Satyagraha we had published in our last issue under U. P. S. C. F. Satyagraha diary. Here is a brief day to day report of the above Satyagraha.
April 14th, 1947
148 Satyagrahis were arrested with three leaders namely Dadasaheb Fullidasji, working committee member of the S. C. F. and Municipal Commissioner of Cawnpur, Mrs. Fullidas and Mr. Totaram, the President of the S. C. F. Women Satyagrahis entered into the Assembly chamber and made the working of the Assembly impossible for more than
15 minutes. The ladies were insulted, and fists were used to oust the ladies by the Caste-Hindu police. The bangles of the ladies were broken. The enraged women Satyagrahis slapped some of the intruders who were insulting them. The ladies went there with babies in their arms to offer Satyagraha. This news has been blackout completely by the Caste Hindu Papers in Lucknow. In this clash two women were injured.
Mr. Rajbhoj addresses the Satyagrahis
April 17th, 1947
The Satyagraha of the Scheduled Castes Federation of the U. P. entered into fourteenth day. One big batch, numbering one hundred, hailed from different districts, i.e. Jhansi, Agra, Hamirpur, and Lucknow, and 20 women Satyagrahis, with babies in their arms, courted arrest. While proceeding towards the Council House, the Satyagrahis were detained at Hussainganj and later on they were arrested.
Before the starting of the Satyagrah, the Satyagrahis were addressed by Mr. P. N. Rajbhoj, the General Secretary of the All India Scheduled Castes Federation at the Satyagrah camp in Ahiaganj under the presidentship of Mr. Tilakchand Kureel, the Chairman of the U. P. S. C. Federation. In the course of his