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Brahmin superiority? PUCL calls Lok Sabha speaker's remark casteist

By A Representative
The People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Rajasthan, has taken strong exception to Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla's recent tweet following a meeting of the Brahmin Mahasabha in Kota on September 8, 2019 that "Brahmins have always held a high position in society", which is the result of their "sacrifice and penance", adding, this is the reason why the Brahmin community has "always been in the role of a guide ".
PUCL president Kavita Srivastava and general secretary Anant Bhatnagar, in a statement have said that Birla's tweet is "against Article 14 of the Constitution", as it seeks to establish the supremacy of one community over other communities, even as suggesting that a certain caste is in superior to other castes.
Wondering how could a person make such a casteist statement publicly while he in a constitutional office, PUCL asked Birla to withdraw his tweet, pointing out, it proposes to send its complaint to the President of India.

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