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Dalit Representative Should be a Minister: Hegde

  •   Sun, Apr 24 2011 02:19:29 PM

New Delhi, Apr 24 (PTI) 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 here.

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 yesterday 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.
  

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  • kanhaya sah, nainital uttarakhand

    Sun, Apr 24 2011

    why there should be a dalit member
    this is not a matter of providing a govt job or a member of parliament seat this is after all a matter of jan lokpal bill drafting committe which is the future of the nations coming generation as well as countrys reputation

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  • Dilip, Chicago, USA

    Sun, Apr 24 2011

    Govt. could appoint one Dalit, one moslem, one very young, one very old, and one Buddhist minister. That will kick out all current ones.

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  • dharmendra singh, kolkata

    Sun, Apr 24 2011

    people like mayawati,laloo yadav,karunanidhi,jayalalita,bal thackrey,l.k advani should be hanged in public coz these people have divided our country on caste n religion n tried to rule n still hopes that this cheap tactics will still work on young indians.mayawati plz shut up n stop dividing people n arouse hatred.

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  • surabhi singh, ghaziabad, UP

    Sun, Apr 24 2011

    i agree with Mr. Hegde's comment that if we have to have any caste-wise representation then this committee can never be constituted but if the rest of the members are the civil society representatives then why should a dalit representative has to be mandatorily a minister?

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  • krishnamurthy, goa

    Sun, Apr 24 2011

    it is not possible for a five member lok pal committee to take care of all kinds of representative charecteristics same applies to the govt committee of five

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  • Rams, Hyd

    Sun, Apr 24 2011

    What has anti corruption got to do with caste ?

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  • RAMESH KUMAR, PANCHKUKA

    Sun, Apr 24 2011

    NOW TIME HAS COME WE MUST MOVE AWAY FROM CAST BASED EXPLOITATION OF VOTES FOR THE POLITICAL SELF ORIENTED GOALS BY OUR LEADERS. THE NETAS SHOULD BE DISCOURAGED FROM SUCH ACTS THAT HAS DIVIDED OUR SOCIETY SINCE INDEPENDENCE. ALL CITIZENS/ HUMANS SHALL BE TREATED AT PAR IRRESPECTIVE OF CASTE/ CREED/ RELIGION.
    ALSO IT IS HIGH TIME THAT WE CHANGE OUR CASTE BASED RESERVATION POLICY TO RESERVATION FOR POOR PEOPLE PURELY ON ECONOMIC GROUNDS AND ONLY IN GROUP `C' AND `D' POSTS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY IN GOVT SECTOR.

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  • Lt Col R Prasad retd , LKO- UP

    Sun, Apr 24 2011

    The criteria to should be on the IQ. What is the idea of ing a person for an appointment when he cant write one senrtence correct and to the point.

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