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Speaker Meira Kumar against caste-based census 4 June, 2010 New Delhi: The Lok Sabha Speaker, Meira Kumar, a Dalit married to an OBC, unlike many other non-upper caste politicians, has made it public that she is against the caste-based census. Talking to the NDTV, a private television channel, on Thursday she said “I wanted a casteless society” as had been the “aim of the founding fathers of the Constitution”. She said the caste has always divided the society. “For years...for centuries...we have been in difficulties because of this caste.” “I have always worked towards a casteless society. The aim of the founding fathers of the Constitution has been to establish casteless society.” She added. Meira, an MP from Sasaram in Bihar, is the daughter of former deputy Prime Minister, Babu Jagjiwan Ram, who served in all the Union Cabinet from 1947 to 1979. Jagjiwan Ram was a Ravidas and held different important portfolios in Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shashtri, Indira and Morarji Desai government. Meira is a former IFS officer, who plunged into politics after qutting her job in 1985 a year before the death of her father. Last year she became the first woman Speaker of India. While talking to NDTV she also rejected the media reports that she is likely to be the chief ministerial candidate of the Congress in Bihar, which goes to poll in October. ------------------------------------ ---- 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: [email protected] [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/
