HAM president and former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was the first Bharatiya Janata Party ally to condemn Union Minister General VK Singh's dog remark on the Dalit killings in Haryana.
BJP allies Hindustanti Awam Morcha (HAM) and Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) in Bihar today criticised
Union Minister VK Singh's dog analogy while speaking on the Dalit killings in Haryana ahead of the crucial third phase of the five-phase state assembly polls on October 28.
HAM president and
former chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi was the first Bharatiya Janata Party ally to condemn Mr Singh's dog remark on the Dalit killings in Haryana, demanding that Prime Minister Narendra Modi take action against him.
"It is highly condemnable and objectionable. I urged Modi to take action against him for such irresponsible remark on the Dalit killing," Mr Manjhi, a Dalit leader, told media in Patna.
Mr Manjhi said such a development pained not only him but the entire Dalit community.
Another BJP ally, RLSP chief and Union Minister Upendra Kushwaha termed Mr Singh's remark on the Dalit killings as very wrong. "It is not proper to say anything that hurts others."
Mr Kushwaha also tried to distance his party from Mr Singh's remark.
Mr Singh, an ex-army chief, triggered a huge row on Thursday when he used an analogy of stoning a dog while commenting on the burning of two Dalit children in a Haryana village.