In 2019, PM Modi had declared India to be 'ODF' (Open-Defecation Free)
But in the remote village of Rottigawad in Karnataka, residents of an Ambedkarite colony claim their neighbourhood has no toilets or proper cremation/burial grounds for their dead.
As Dharwad Lok Sabha Constituency goes to polls, Scheduled Caste residents of villages in the Hubbali-Dharwad region of northern Karnataka demand freedom from casteism, land rights and equal opportunities.
