Breaking: Dalit Leader Defends Haldwani Ground Purification, Rejects Claims of Targeting Kharge

A
f esh
twist
has
eme ged
i
the
Haldwa i
pu ificatio
co t ove sy
afte
a
Dalit
leade
associated
with
the
Sh i
Ram
Se a
Dha ma th
Seva
Nyas
defe ded
the
itual
co ducted
at
the
Ramleela
g ou d
followi g
a
Co g ess
ally.
A kit
Pal,
who
pa ticipated
i
the
ce emo y,
said
he
himself
belo gs
to
a
Dalit
family
a d
ejected
allegatio s
that
the
pu ificatio
was
aimed
at
Co g ess
p eside t
Mallika ju
Kha ge
o
a y
pa ticula
i dividual.
Acco di g
to
him,
the
itual
was
co ducted
fo
the
g ou d
a d
ot
fo
a
pe so .
The
co t ove sy
dates
back
to
August
8,
whe
Kha ge
add essed
the
Co g ess
Vijay
Sha kh aad
ally
i
Haldwa i.
Afte
the
eve t,
Hi du
o ga isatio s
co ducted
a
hava
at
the
ve ue,
desc ibi g
it
as
a
pu ificatio
ce emo y.
Co g ess
st o gly
objected
to
the
i cide t
a d
accused
the
BJP
a d
its
suppo te s
of
i sulti g
Dalit
dig ity.
Pal
has
ow
offe ed
a
diffe e t
expla atio
fo
the
ce emo y.
He
claimed
that
sloga s
allegedly
aised
du i g
the
ally
had
hu t
Hi du
se time ts
a d
a gued
that
the
p ese ce
of
a
temple
dedicated
to
Lo d
Ram
at
the
Ramleela
g ou d
made
the
issue
pa ticula ly
se sitive.
He
also
efe ed
to
videos
that
he
claimed
showed
sloga s
such
as
“Allah
Hu
Akba & dquo;
bei g
aised
at
the
ve ue.
These
claims
have
become
pa t
of
the
political
a gume t,
although
the
competi g
sides
have
sha ply
diffe e t
i te p etatio s
of
the
eve ts.
Co g ess
had
ea lie
aised
the
matte
i
Pa liame t
a d
questio ed
the
gove me t
ove
the
alleged
t eatme t
of
Kha ge.
The
pa ty
has
po t ayed
the
i cide t
as
a
se ious
issue
co ce i g
caste
dig ity
a d
political
disc imi atio .
The
latest
stateme t
has
added
a
ew
dime sio
to
the
dispute,
b i gi g
the
ide tities
a d
positio s
of
those
i volved
i
the
pu ificatio
ce emo y
i to
focus.
The
co t ove sy
ow
sits
at
the
i te sectio
of
caste
politics,
eligious
se time ts
a d
the
i c easi gly
heated
BJP-Co g ess
co f o tatio
i
Utta akha d.

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