The violence is especially grotesque because it collides head-on with India’s economic reality with dependence on migrant labour and constitutional guarantees
The plea sought a direction to the Centre and the states to create a "nodal agency or a permanent body or commission or directorate" where racial crimes can be reported and redressed.
Local media reported that unregistered outsiders gathered at the venue, tried to force entry after being denied access, hurled bricks and stones and attempted to seize the stage.