BSP Supremo Mayawati condemning the alleged anti-Dalit remarks of union minister ?of state Gen VK Singh in wake of Faridabad Dalit burning incident, has demanded the sacking of the minister. She has termed the statement of of Gen Singh as very shameful and insulting towards Dalits. <br/><br/>She further said that upon taking cognizance of such obnoxious remarks, PM Modi himself should sack the minister. She demanded that the officers of Haryana government, due to whose negligence such brutal act could happen, must be sent to jail. <br/><br/>Addressing a press conference in Lucknow today, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief Minister Mayawati squarely blamed both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, besides other political outfits for perpetrating large scale atrocities on Dalits across the country.<br/><br/>?With reference to the recent burning to death of two children in a village in the? Ballabhgarh area of? Haryana earlier this week, and also the murder of a 15-year-old Dalit boy in Gohana area of the same state allegedly by police, Mayawati said? that Dalits have always been exploited and insulted at all levels on a large scale, whether it is by the regimes of the Congress, the BJP and other opposition parties, whether it is at the Centre or in the states.
News On AIR | October 23, 2015 1:29 PM
Sack VK Singh, send him to jail for anti-Dalit remark: Mayawati