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Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said
there is a need to end disparity from
society as there are people who still
live with old mindsets and believe
in casteism.
Meira while speaking on the occasion
of diamond jubilee celebrations of
Bharatiya Dalit Varg Sangh in New
Delhi, said, ''Today, there are many
people who believe in caste system
despite calling themselves modern.
Their minds have not changed and there
is a need to give up old thoughts
if we want to end disparity in society.''
The Lok Sabha Speaker recalled her
father Babu Jagjivan Ram.
''My father was not even 27-years-old
when he fought on two fronts. One
was to make the country independent
and other was to free society from
the web of casteism,'' she added.
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