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Tytler's party list calls India's Speaker a Chamar
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NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kuamr in India was called a Chamar in an official list of the Congress party's office bearers in Bihar by none other than Jagdish Tytler, the man Congress made incharge of the party affairs in the politically crucial state of Bihar after his Lok Sabha ticket was denied because of Sikh protests.

Tytler is accused of leading murderer mobs in Delhi that killed thousands of Sikhs.

The use of caste names in the list of Bihar PCC office-bearers has landed Tytler in serious trouble. Meira Kumar was made a permanent invitee to the PCC even though she is not supposed to have any party affiliation as a Speaker. Besides she was listed as a Chamar, a derogatory word. On her part, Meira Kumar said, “I belong to a political party. As a Speaker, I believe in strict neutrality of the chair.”

Congress president Sonia Gandhi  was apparently embarrassed by the use of caste names in the list. It is not uncommon that political parties in India use caste names but mostly behind closed doors and in real politics. The list specifies the castes of the permanent invitees and 99 special invitees.

13 January 2010
 

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