RS Chair seeks probe into ‘purification’ claim
Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan on Thursday instructed the government to conduct an inquiry into the alleged incident of “purification of a site” where Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had addressed a public gathering in Uttarakhand and said action must be taken against the guilty
According to Rajya Sabha chairman CP Radhakrishnan, the government has been tasked with investigating the alleged incident of "purification" that took place at a site in Ram Lila Maidan. The inquiry is in response to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's claims that some "BJP people" had conducted a havan at the stage after Kharge had addressed a public gathering there.
Radhakrishnan emphasized that those who commit wrongdoings must be investigated, caught, and punished, stating that untouchability is illegal in India and practicing it in any form constitutes a punishable offense. Kharge, who is the leader of the opposition, alleged that the BJP engaged in a form of havan purifying the stage where he spoke, and called for the filing of an untouchability act case against the accused.
He maintained that calling him a Dalit and asserting his need for protection was not a political move, but a stand against discrimination.
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