"Nothing Wrong With Bowing": RJD's Tejashwi Yadav's Push For Caste Outreach By Party
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Bihar Deputy Chief Minister asks RJD leaders to "reach out and protect" those lower than them on caste ladder, tells them not to speak against partner
Calling for a fresh outreach to the “ati-pichhdey”, or Extremely Backward Classes, by his party RJD, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav today told the party's leaders that “there is nothing wrong with bowing”.
He also cautioned them against statements that "may benefit the BJP" — a rather curt order not to speak out of turn against partner JDU of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“You will need to change your nature,” he said, speaking in Hindi, at the RJD national meet in Delhi, “You know, that's not a big task.”
“When you go to the homes of lower castes, to those who are on the last rung of society, you must know that you have to protect them,” he said, and then urged those present to affirm that “you will be with them in times good and bad”. He got a loud cheer.