Watch | ‘Halaat Kya Hain’: Lies about Deaths Due to Lack of Oxygen, Dalits Made to Lick Spit

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This week has been both interesting and scary in terms of news.

While a legislator attempted to underplay rape, in another part of India, Dalit people were made to lick spit.

In Uttar Pradesh, the government’s claims about lack of oxygen and its impact on deaths during the second wave of COVID-19 had little to do with the truth.