Chirag Paswan hits back at Rahul Gandhi’s caste discrimination remarks
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- Hindustan Times India·5d agoUnion ministers Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi clash over SC/ST reservations, demand each other's resignations
Jitan Ram Manjhi has backed the line, framing it as social justice and citing SC's 2024 judgment permitting sub-classifications based on empirical data.
Read at Hindustan Times India → - NDTV Top Stories·5d agoMinisters Chirag Paswan, Jitan Manjhi Clash Over Quota, Demand Resignations
Chirag Paswan's stance is in line with that of his late father Ram Vilas Paswan, who had fiercely opposed a separate "Mahadalit" category introduced in the state more than a decade ago by the then chief minister Nitish Kumar.
Read at NDTV Top Stories → - The Print India·5d agoChirag Paswan opposes sub-category for Dalits, Manjhi calls for targeted welfare
Patna, Aug 29 (PTI) Union ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi on Saturday sparred over a separate sub-category for the most deprived Dalit sections, with the LJP (Ram Vilas) chief opposing it as divisive and the former Bihar chief minister arguing it would benefit the…
Read at The Print India → - The Hindu National·5d agoChirag Paswan hits back at Rahul Gandhi’s caste discrimination remarks
Chirag Paswan also demanded the resignation of Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) leader, Santosh Kumar Suman from the Bihar Cabinet after the party, an NDA ally, sought a review of the reservation policy and sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
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