Caste system remains greatest enemy, Meira Kumar on Rajasthan incident- The New Indian Express

By IANS

NEW DELHI: After a Dalit boy was crushed to demise in a Rajasthan faculty for consuming water from a pitcher belonging to an higher caste trainer, former Speaker Meira Kumar mentioned a century in the past her father was subjected to the identical therapy however his life was saved.

Kumar’s father Jagjivan Ram was the Deputy Prime Minister of India.

“100 years in the past my father Babu Jagjivan Ram was prohibited from consuming water at school from the pitcher meant for Savarna Hindus. It was a miracle his life was saved,” she tweeted.

“Right this moment, a nine-year-old #Dalit boy has been killed for a similar motive. 75 lengthy years after Independence, caste system stays our best enemy,” she mentioned.

The Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the demise of the third customary scholar of Sarasvati Vidyalaya in Rajasthan’s Jalore district, who was thrashed by the headmaster of the varsity. He later died through the course of therapy at a hospital in Ahmedabad.

The Fee has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director Common of Police, looking for an in depth report within the matter.

<br /> NEW DELHI: After a Dalit boy was crushed to demise in a Rajasthan faculty for consuming water from a pitcher belonging to an higher caste trainer, former Speaker Meira Kumar mentioned a century in the past her father was subjected to the identical therapy however his life was saved.</p> <p>Kumar’s father Jagjivan Ram was the Deputy Prime Minister of India.</p> <p>“100 years in the past my father Babu Jagjivan Ram was prohibited from consuming water at school from the pitcher meant for Savarna Hindus. It was a miracle his life was saved,” she tweeted.</p> <p>“Right this moment, a nine-year-old #Dalit boy has been killed for a similar motive. 75 lengthy years after Independence, caste system stays our best enemy,” she mentioned.</p> <p>The Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognisance of the demise of the third customary scholar of Sarasvati Vidyalaya in Rajasthan’s Jalore district, who was thrashed by the headmaster of the varsity. He later died through the course of therapy at a hospital in Ahmedabad.</p> <p>The Fee has issued notices to the Chief Secretary and the Director Common of Police, looking for an in depth report within the matter.</p> <p>