General V.K.Singh’s ‘dog remark’ on Faridabad triggers row
Union Minister V. K. Singh today kicked up a storm with his comments that the Centre cannot be blamed if somebody throws a stone at a dog. The Minister was allegedly shielding the Centre from criticism for the Faridabad Dalit burning incident, prompting Opposition demands for his ouster.
“See, the thing is, never associate local incidents with the Central government (sarkar). There is an inquiry going on. There was a dispute between families. The dispute...how did it turn out...where did the administration fail, after these it come to the Centre.
“For everything...like if somebody throws a stone at a dog, then the government is responsible...it is not like that,” Mr. Singh said in Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh, the constituency he represents in Parliament, while referring to the burning alive of a Dalit family in Haryana’s Faridabad which left two toddlers dead October 19.
The comments of Mr. Singh, Union Minister of State for External affairs, drew sharp criticism from the Opposition, including the Congress, which demanded his immediate sacking.
“It is condemnable, it is shocking, it is inhumane to say the least. General V K Singh has insulted not only the entire Dalit community of this country but all Indians. It reflects the mindset of the Modi government which insults Dalits, which insults the minorities and looks down upon the people who are poor and downtrodden,” Congress spokesman Randeep Surjewala said in Delhi.
He demanded that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sack him and tender an apology on Singh’s behalf. Mr.Surjewala said a criminal case should be registered against the minister under Prevention of Atrocities on Schedule Castes Act. Senior Congress leader Manish Tewari described the dog analogy used by Singh as “preposterous and abominable“.
”....comparing the death of two little children who were burnt alive to possibly the stoning of a dog...what could be more preposterous and abominable than that. This reflects the mindset of the government.
“To recall the Prime Minister of India made a similar analogy about two years back in an interview when he said that if a pup gets crushed under the wheels of a car that needs to be emphasised too. That remark was in the context of the Gujarat pogrom,” he said.
Mr. Singh, however, later clarified his statement was not intended to draw an analogy between the Faridabad incident and stoning of a dog.
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