In 2019, PM Modi had declared India to be 'ODF' (Open-Defecation Free)br br But in the remote village of Rottigawad in Karnataka, residents of an Ambedkarite colony claim their neighbourhood has no toilets or proper cremationburial grounds for their dead. br br 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.