http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/Nitish-out-to-finish-dalits-says-RJD/articleshow/7886799.cms
Nitish out to finish dalits, says RJD
Gyan Prakash, TNN | Apr 6, 2011, 11.12pm IST
PATNA: State RJD president Ram Chandra Purbey on Wednesday charged
that Murlichak Musahar Toli incident at Patna has amply proved that
chief minister Nitish Kumar, who calls himself the messiah of dalits
and Mahadalit, was out to finish them ironically in the name of
development.
Comparing Nitish with RJD chief Lalu Prasad, the state RJD chief said
that while Lalu gave voice to the poor and downtrodden and did a lot
for their welfare, Nitish has indulged in removing Dalits from their
home.
Mushar Toli has hogged headlines for the last two days following
pitched battle between the police and dalits who reside in Murlichak,
off Bailey road as builders, who forcibly encroached upon their land,
also fired shots allegedly in the presence of police personnel. The
firing led to killing of a dalit woman, Buti Devi, and injury to five
others on Tuesday.
A team of RJD leaders, including former MLA Ramanuj Prasad, Udai Kumar
Manjhi, Patna district RJD president Devmuni Singh, led by Purbey
visited the trouble-torn area and talked to the victim families.
Purvey, later said, that about 50 Mahadalit families are residing
there for the past 100 years and they bury the body of dead persons in
the nearby field.
Trouble brewed
when builders started encroaching the graveyard land for constructing
multi-storeyed buildings. This infuriated the local dalits who
vehemently opposed this and as a result the builder fired at them in
the presence of the police personnel, Purbey mentioned.
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