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Dalit representative should be a Minister: Hegde
Sunday, April 24, 2011, 14:30 [IST]
New Delhi, Apr 24: Amid Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's demand
for inclusion of a Dalit in the Lokpal Bill drafting committee,
Justice Santosh Hegde said if someone from the community should be
included in the panel, then it should be one of the Dalit ministers.
"If at a Dalit is to be included in the panel, it should be one of the
Dalit Ministers from the government," he told reporters.
His comments came in the backdrop of Mayawati's demand for inclusion
of a Dalit representative in the Lokpal drafting committee Hegde, who
is a member of the committee, had on Apr 23 said, "if you have to have
any caste-wise representation, then this committee can never be
constituted." Another panel member Arvind Kejriwal also said the
government could replace one of the five ministers with a dalit
representative.
PTI
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