Patna: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday reached out to the numerically powerful extremely backward classes (EBCs) of Bihar, promising, among other things, a law for protection against atrocities, on the lines of the SC/ST Act, if the INDIA bloc came to power in the state.

The leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha addressed the 'Ati Pichhda Nyay Sankalp' (pledge for justice to extremely backward classes) symposium, shortly after the Congress Working Committee meeting in the city.

He was joined by All India Congress Committee (AICC) president Mallikarjun Kharge, alliance partner Tejashwi Yadav of the RJD, among others.

Gandhi unveiled 10 resolves (sankalp) for the benefit of the EBCs, who, according to the caste survey conducted by the Nitish Kumar government, comprise 36 per

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