Haryana CM Nayab Saini targets Congress, calls it 'anti-Dalit' party

The Haryana CM charged that ‘the conduct of Congress is anti-Dalit. They have humiliated and despised everyone from Baba Saheb Ambedkar to Babu Jagjivan Ram, Sitaram Kesri, Ashok Tanwar and now a Dalit woman leader’

Mounting a fresh attack on the Congress, Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini on Tuesday (September 24, 2024) said it was an "anti-Dalit" party and there was no need to remind the Dalits of Haryana how "dangerous" and "violent" was Bhupinder Singh Hooda's rule for them.

Mr. Saini also alleged that the Congress has humiliated and despised everyone from B.R. Ambedkar to a Dalit woman leader, an apparent reference to Kumari Selja who had been keeping away from the Congress poll campaign.

His attack on the Congress comes a day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah termed the grand old party as "anti-Dalit", and said it "insulted" Dalit leaders like Selja and Ashok Tanwar.

In a post in Hindi on X, Mr. Saini said, “You don’t ask the taste of iron from someone whose feet have been hammered with nails for years! There is no need to tell the Dalits of Haryana how dangerous and violent the rule of Congress and Hooda was for the Dalits, whose nightmares haunt them even today.”

"In all the cases of Dalit oppression, there was clear connivance or silent support of the Hooda government," Mr. Saini alleged.

He also referred to the Gohana and Mirchpur incidents during the Congress regime in the State.

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