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Rahul Gandhi's love for Dalits a sham: BJP
New Delhi, Jun 1, (PTI)
BJP on Tuesday accused Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi and the
Congress government in Haryana of merely expressing sympathy to the
ostracised Dalit families of Mirchpur village in Hisar and demanded
rehabilitation of the displaced victims.
"Supreme Court's admonition of Haryana Government on the atrocities
against people of Balmiki Samaj in Mirchpur Village exposes
administrative and constitutional failure of the state government,"
BJP spokesperson Ramnath Kovind said.
He maintained that Gandhi and Chief Minister Bupinder Singh Hooda went
to the spot ten days after the April 30 incident and announced
compensation for repairing the houses of Dalit victims and employment
to families of the deceased.
He took a dig at Rahul Gandhi for "posing" as a well-wisher of Dalits
and said this "drama proved to be a sham".
"Mere expressing of sympathy on the spot by Gandhi and the Chief
Minister and not doing anything to give them security and to arrange
for their rehabilitation shows gross failure of the Congress
government and exposes its 'love' for Dalits," Kovind said.
"Even Congress President Sonia Gandhi had only paid lip service by
conveying sympathies towards family members of the victims," he said.
"The state government has not taken any stringent action against the
culprits. The BJP demands that Rahul Gandhi should immediately stop
the hypocrisy of love for Dalits and instead get adequate relief and
rehabilitation for the victims' families from the state government,"
he added.
The Supreme Court took cognizance of the incident yesterday in which
two people of Balmiki community were burnt alive and about 35 houses
were looted and burnt.
The Hooda government has been asked to present its case in the apex
court on June 2.
Kovind claimed that 150 families were affected in the incident and the
survivors were now living in a Valmiki Mandir in Delhi.
"These people feel insecure in returning to their village. We demand
that the government should provide them built up houses in Hisar
city," he added.
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