The National Commission for Schedule Castase (NCSC) on Thursday wrote Bihar Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) amid a controversy of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, which Dr. Bribedkar’s portrait is allegedly derogatory.
On June 19 signed by NCSC Joint Secretary H Kama Suntang, it has been said that it came from the reports of the Commission that Lalu Prasad had given Dr. during his 78th birthday ceremony on 11 June. The picture of Ambedkar was insulted.
The Commission has directed the top officials of the state to “submit a report on the action taken within 15 days”, warned that failure to respond may be “summons under constitutional powers given by Article 338”.
After a video of Lalu’s birthday celebration, there was a dispute, which was allegedly near Lalu’s feet to a party supporter. A party was showing a supporter to keep Ambedkar’s portrait.
On 13 June, Bihar State Commission for Schedule Castase had already issued a notice to the video, asking Lalu to “explain his side within 15 days”. The State Commission said that “the failure to respond will be deliberately interpreted as an insult” and “registration of a case under the” SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act “.
The ruling BJP and NDA colleagues criticized the incident, and accused Lalu of “insulting the architect of the Constitution” and “hurting Dalit feelings”.
Bihar Vice President Emperor Chaudhary called it “unattainable insult”.
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Union Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Lajpi (Ram Vilas) MP Sabastipur Sambhavi Chaudhary, and other NDA leaders also said that the act was “humiliating” and “derogatory” for Dalits.
BJP leaders have extended this issue on social media and demanded public apology from the founder of RJD.
Meanwhile, the RJD rejected the allegations as politically motivated, party spokesperson Mitunjay Tiwari claimed that the video is “being incorrectly presented to the voters to polarize and Lalu’s image has been rejected before the elections”.
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