“Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has recommended a CBI probe in the incident”. In a statement, the Indian bishops called on the state and federal governments “to provide adequate security and protection” for the dalits and to protect their “basic human rights”.
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The minister later clarified: “My statement wasn’t meant to draw an analogy”. He said his office works with other civil society groups for a “change in the social attitude” and to help the government implement the laws and social service programmes.
The incident happened despite the presence of a police post at the village. He should not have said this. “What kind of crime is in being a dalit?”, he said in the statement. “If by any stretch of imagination, (though) it was not intended… if someone has felt hurt because someone has maliciously twisted my sentences, then I have no qualms in apologising”.
She said the “failure” of the Prime Minister to take action against any minister who have made controversial statements to fan forces of hate and violence showed how much sympathy he has for the oppressed including the dalits.
“He should be booked under prevention of atrocities against South Carolina and ST Act”, he said.
Haryana DGP Y P Singal said the situation in the Sanped village was under control and the Dalit family had agreed to conduct the last rites of the two toddlers. “Our party condemns his remarks and demand his immediate dismissal from Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, Mayawati told the media here.
“If somebody will throw a stone at a dog, you can not pass the blame on the government”, he said in Ghaziabad. Singh had insisted a controversy has been created out of “unconnected sentences”. “Our nation, its success and its people motivate me daily”, he said in a series of tweets.
However, an unsparing Congress chief spokesman Randeep Surjewala said, “It is condemnable, it is shocking, it is inhumane to say the least. My men & I put our lives on the line for the nation irrespective of caste, creed & religion”.
With elections in country’s most caste centric state now underway, VK Singh’s dog analogy and Dalit killings could prove to be a huge set back for the BJP and a blessing in disguise for the Nitish, Lalu combine.
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Jitender alleged that the attackers were from Rajput caste and the family had a confrontation with them in October after which a case had been registered.
