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Day when Dalit becomes premier not far, says Shastri
Senior ruling Congress party leader says India may have first Dalit
prime minister in future
By Ajay Jha, Chief Correspondent
Published: 13:12 October 17, 2011
Gulf News
New Delhi: Senior ruling Congress party leader Anil Shastri feels that
the party may give the country its first Dalit (lower caste Hindu)
prime minister in future.
Shastri, son of former prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri, said that
this development may not be far off.
"Congress has made 4 (Dalit) CMs (chief ministers) in different states
in past. Day is not far when it will give a Dalit PM, not for votes
but for Dalit empowerment," Shastri posted ion his Twitter account
Monday.
Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, herself a Dalit, fuelled the
speculation last week by saying that the Congress party may appoint
either Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar or federal power minister Sushil
Kumar Shinde, both Dalits, as the prime minister for a short while
ahead of next year's state assembly elections in her state to lure in
the Dalit voters.
The Congress general secretary in-charge for Uttar Pradesh, Digvijay
Singh though downplayed Mayawati's statement saying incumbent prime
minister Manmohan Singh would remain in the post
Shastri, in an another tweet, said, "Mayawati can't be the only Dalit
aspiring to be PM. There are many more qualified and capable leaders
in the Congress."
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