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Clearing the air

Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi offers tributes to Dalit icon Baba  Chouhar  Mal on the eve of his birth anniversary in Patna on Friday. BJP leader Modi announced that the central government would file a revision petition in the Supreme Court next week on the court's recent order on the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

TT Bureau Published 31.03.18, 12:00 AM
CLEARING THE AIR: Deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi offers tributes to Dalit icon Baba Chouhar Mal on the eve of his birth anniversary in Patna on Friday. BJP leader Modi announced that the central government would file a revision petition in the Supreme Court next week on the court's recent order on the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. He also maintained that the BJP stood against the idea of introducing creamy layer concept in the reservation given to the SC/ST. He was speaking at the function on the eve of the birth anniversary of Baba Chouhar Mal, who is part of the folklore and revered among the Dalit community as a hero. Senior BJP leaders, including state unit president Nityanand Rai, Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav, state road construction minister Nand Kishore Yadav and health minister Mangal Pandey, were also present. Nand Kishore said the Opposition parties were trying to create confusion on the reservation in the country, and said no one could take away this facility from the communities getting it at present. Text by Sanjeev Kumar Verma, picture by Nagendra Kumar Singh
 
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