"Atrocities on Dalits is not today's phenomenon. It is natural to express grief over the way the Dalits have been mistreated across the country," he said, when asked about recent flogging of the Dalits at Una.
Advani, who is a Member of Parliament from Gandhinagar, was here for the ongoing Tiranga Yatra and visited Sabarmati Ashram and a school during his visit.
He praised the development works done by the BJP Government in the state.
"It is a matter of great happiness to see unprecedented development works done in Karnawati (Ahmedabad) and in my constituency, first under the leadership of Narendra Modi and then by Anandiben Patel (who succeeded Modi as the CM)," Advani said.
He also addressed the students of a municipal school where he talked about the origin of the tricolour.