India SC panel issues notice to Kerala officials over attack on Dalit MLA

India's National Commission for Scheduled Castes has issued a notice to Kerala's Chief Secretary and State Police Chief over an alleged attack on Congress MLA Ramya Haridas, a Dalit woman, by fellow party workers. The commission has demanded an action-taken report within seven days. This marks an institutional intervention in an intra-party political dispute with caste dimensions, potentially escalating into a legal and political matter.