FIR against Tytler for casteist remarks against Meira
Updated on Thursday, January 14, 2010, 21:17 IST
Zeenews Bureau
New Delhi: Congress leader Jagdish Tytler is courting trouble again.
An FIR was lodged against him on Thursday for making caste-based
remarks against Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar.
The FIR was filed against Tytler and Sharma here this afternoon by
Dalit Kranti Morcha leader Vidhanchandra Rana. The duo faces charges
under various sections of the SC/ST Prevention Act 1989, police said,
adding an inquiry was ordered into the matter.
Besides Tytler, who is the Congress in-charge of Bihar, the head of
party's state unit Anil Sharma has also been made an accused in the
case.
The use of caste names in the list of Bihar PCC office-bearers and
dragging Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar into a controversy has deeply
embarrassed the Congress leaders who have washed their hands off the
issue pleading ignorance.
Sharma has been blamed for the row that has shown Congress in a poor
light. The Speaker, a permanent invitee to the PCC, has her caste
mentioned in the Bihar PCC office bearers' list signed by Tytler.
Meanwhile, reacting to it Meira Kumar said, "I belong to a political
party. As a Speaker, I believe in strict neutrality of the chair."
Congress leader and Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar is the daughter of
the late Deputy Prime Minister Babu Jagjivan Ram- one of the tallest
Dalit leader of his time.
Rana alleged that both Tytler and Sharma violated the act by naming
castes of the leaders in the list and termed the act as "a
constitutional crime."
Sharma had denied having released the list with caste details and
described it as "handiwork of forces inimical to him."
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