Temple washed and purified after Bihar CM Manjhis visit Patna: Bihar Chief Minister has alleged that a temple in district Madhubani was washed after his visit. A deeply disturbed Manjhi termed it as a deep rooted bias against mahadalits. A deep-rooted bias prevails against mahadalits and those from the down-trodden sections of society....I have myself been a victim of caste bias, he said at a function here to mark the birth centenary celebrations of former Chief Minister Bhola Paswan Shastri. According to Manjhis claim, the temple was washed and purified soon after his visit to the temple, a couple of months ago during assembly bypolls. Initially, the CM was not aware of the incident, but the terrible incident was brought to light by Mines and Geology Minister Ram Lashan Ram Raman. Manjhi said, When it comes to getting their work done, the upper caste people dont mind even touching my feet despite knowing my background. He said that the bias against dalit people also prevails in the official machinery and hurdles are created in execution of work related to welfare of the weaker sections of the society. Citing another example, Manjhi said that he was in the process of complying with a court directive to fill up 69 vacant seats for admission of SC/ST students in medical colleges of Bihar, but has found to his horror that officials were not inclined to obey his orders for relaxing norms in this regard on one pretext or another. We are like wounded soldiers of the society, the Chief Minister said ruing caste bias against the dalits and mahadalits.
Posted on: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 18:54:42 +0000
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