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Gandhi asks Shinde to be extra vigilant regarding Dalits
New Delhi, July 19: Congress President Sonia Gandhi today asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to be extra vigilant to ensure that there was no recurrence of attacks on Dalits.
New Delhi, July 19: Congress President Sonia Gandhi
today asked Maharashtra Chief Minister Sushilkumar Shinde to
be extra vigilant to ensure that there was no recurrence of
attacks on Dalits.
Gandhi gave the advice to Shinde, the first Dalit Chief
Minister of the state, when he had a meeting with her to brief
about the situation in the state including the recent
atrocities on Dalits.
Talking to reporters later, Shinde denied reports that he
was summoned by the high command in the wake of the spate of
atrocities on Dalits and his offer to step down from the chief
ministership if it could help stop the attacks.
Shinde said, "I am ruthless and I will be ruthless" in
dealing with such incidents but dismissed reports that his
predecessor Vilasrao Deshmukh was behind the attempts to
malign him.
The Chief Minister also brushed aside reports that dissidence was growing against him in the party and maintained that there was no threat to his position.
"If someone wants to make a political capital out of killing of the poor, may god bless them", he said sarcastically.
Bureau Report
The Chief Minister also brushed aside reports that dissidence was growing against him in the party and maintained that there was no threat to his position.
"If someone wants to make a political capital out of killing of the poor, may god bless them", he said sarcastically.
Bureau Report