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BJP nominates Dalit leader Kariya Munda for LS Deputy Speaker’s post June 2nd, 2009 - 12:55 pm ICT by ANI - New Delhi, June 2 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday decided to nominate Kariya Munda for the post of Deputy Speaker in the Lok Sabha. Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitely disclosed this here. Kariya Munda, a tribal leader, has been a six-time Member of Parliament from Jharkhand. He was a Cabinet Minister in Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance government at the centre. Born in 1936, Munda, a post graduate, was born in the Ranchi District of Bihar, now State capital of Jharkhand. He has been elected to Lok Sabha for many terms from tribal constituency of Khunti. On the sidelines of reports from the Congress Party proposing the name of Dalit leader Meira Kumar for the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post, the nomination of Kariya Muna, who is also a tribal leader, is being seen as a masterstroke.(ANI) ------------------------------------ ---- INFORMATION OVERLOAD? Get all ZESTCaste mails sent out in a span of 24 hours in a single mail. Subscribe to the daily digest version by sending a blank mail to [email protected], OR, if you have a Yahoo! Id, change your settings at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/join/ PARTICIPATE:- On this list you can share caste news, discuss caste issues and network with like-minded anti-caste people from across India and the world. Just write to [email protected] TELL FRIENDS TO SIGN UP:- If you got this mail as a forward, subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a blank mail to [email protected] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join/ Also have a look at our sister list, ZESTMedia: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTMedia/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[email protected] mailto:[email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
