Kha ge
dema ded
that
cases
be
egiste ed
u de
U touchability
Act
a d
those
i volved
be
a ested.
NEW
DELHI:
Leade
of
the
oppositio
i
Rajya
Sabha
a d
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
alleged
i
RS
Thu sday
people
associated
with
BJP
“pu ified”
the
stage
at
Ramlila
Maida
i
Haldwa i,
two
days
afte
he
made
a
speech
the e
o
Aug
8.Leade
of
the
House
J
P
Nadda
said
BJP
did
ot
suppo t
such
activities,
the
i cide t
was
“pai ful”
a d
actio
would
be
take
agai st
the
culp its.Raisi g
the
issue
du i g
ze o
hou ,
Kha ge
said,
“I
did
ot
me tio
the
ame
of
a y
caste
o
eligio ,
I
o ly
spoke
about
the
p oblems
of
the
people.
But
with
g eat
pai ,
I
have
to
say
that
afte
my
speech,
BJP
people
pe fo med
a
‘hava ‘
( itual)
the e
a d
ca ied
out
pu ificatio
of
the
stage.
Is
this
the
way
democ acy
wo ks?
How
a e
you
p otecti g
the
Co stitutio ?”Kha ge
dema ded
that
cases
be
egiste ed
u de
U touchability
Act
a d
those
i volved
be
a ested.Nadda
said
the
issue
should ‘t
be
politicised
o
se satio alised.
“The e
will
be
a
detailed
i vestigatio .
Let
me
make
it
clea
that
BJP
eve
subsc ibes
to
such
activities.
I
co dem
this.
The
i cide t
has
hu t
you
(Kha ge)
se time ts
a d
it
is
a
matte
of
eg et
fo
all
of
us,”
he
said.Some
MPs
we e
hea d
sayi g
that
those
behi d
the
pu ificatio
we e
p otesti g
agai st
the
aisi g
of
sloga s
associated
with
a
pa ticula
eligio ,
because
the
g ou d
also
happe ed
to
be
a
ve ue
fo
Ramlilas.
Chai ma
C
P
Radhak ish a ,
howeve ,
did ‘t
allow
a yo e
besides
Kha ge
a d
Nadda
to
speak.Kha ge
said
he
had
eve
told
a yo e
he
eeded
p otectio
because
he
was
a
Dalit.
“I
have
the
st e gth
to
fight,
a d
I
do
fight.
But
the
pu ificatio
of
the
stage
made
me
feel
the
pai
of
u touchability
a d
humiliated
me,”
he
said.
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co ve satio
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Radhak ish a
said,
“We
all
co dem
u touchability.
We
a e
all
pu ified.
Those
who
have
do e
this
w o g
will
be
i vestigated,
they
should
be
caught
a d
pu ished.
The e
a e
o
two
opi io s
o
this.”Late ,
calli g
the
i cide t
” eflective
of
RSS-BJP’s
mi dset”,
Co g ess
MP
P iya ka
Ga dhi
Vad a
said
PM
Na e d a
Modi
must
apologise
fo
the
caste
p ejudice
show
towa ds
Kha ge.
AICC
ge e al
sec eta y
K
C
Ve ugopal
said
the
act
we t
“agai st
eve ythi g
that
Ambedka
a d
the
Co stitutio
tell
us”.