Bihar CM tells Dalit youth to go for inter-caste marriage to push up numbers

August 22, 2014 11:56

Bihar Chief Minister Jeetan Ram Manjhi, who is himself a Dalit, has stirred up fresh controversy by asking Dalit youths to marry outside their caste to become a political force in Bihar.

The CM, who was addressing Dalit students at a function at a welfare hostel in the state capital Thursday evening said: "Dalit youths should go for more and more inter-caste marriage. If we have to become a political force, we need to take our population from 16 to 22 per cent."

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