Anti-Dalit face of Modi, Badal governments exposed: Channi
Wednesday, 21/09/2016
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Chandigarh : Congress Legislature Party chief and the Leader of the Opposition Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday blasted the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and the Parkash Singh Badal government in the state for being anti-Dalit.
He attacked the Modi government holding it responsible for the refusal by the Chandigarh Administration to install statute of Dr B R Ambedkar in the premises of the Punjab Assembly. He said Chandigarh was a Union Territory directly administered by the Modi government. The bylaws that were framed at the time of the founding of this city needed to be changed in response to the changing situation. Moreover, the society was dynamic and the administration too should change its attitude accordingly.
He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct the Chandigarh Administration to allow installation of the statute. He said Speaker Charanjit Singh Atwal had already placed order for the statue. He pointed out that the demand to this effect had been raised by the Congress in the recent Assembly session.
Channi also lambasted on the Badal government on different issue but pertaining to the Dalits. He referred to the recent police recruitment in which the quota of the Dalits had been reduced. In the advertisement for the recruitment of 7,416 constables released on May 31, this year, 21 per cent of the posts had been reserved for Dalits while according to the state’s reservation policy, it should have been 25 per cent.
