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'Mahadalit Commission' unconstitutional: Paswan 9 Oct 2008, 0340 hrs IST,TNN NEW DELHI: The opposition to the 'Mahadalit Commission' formed by the Bihar government grew louder with the Lok Janshakti Party on Wednesday accusin g the ruling JD(U)-BJP combine in the state of trying to divide the Dalit community through it. LJP chief and Union minister Ram Vilas Paswan told reporters, "It is indeed unconstitutional and the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC) has rightly described it so. They knew that they cannot get votes of Paswan and others SC castes. Hence they formed the Mahadalit Commission to create divisions." The comments of the dalit leader from Bihar come a day after the NCSC dubbed the 'Mahadalit Commission' constituted by Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar as "unconstitutional". Paswan said though the commission in Bihar was constituted to divide SCs, he did not oppose it as it could have been misconstrued by a group of Dalits that he was against their development. "Today they have created a Mahadalit Commission. Tomorrow they will form an Ati Dalit Commission. This is all politics. But all these things are not going to benefit them," he said.
