Former Lok Sabha speaker and Union Minister Meira Kumar took to twitter to talk about caste-based atrocities faced by her father a hundred years ago.
“100 years ago my father Babu Jagjivan Ram was prohibited from drinking water in school from the pitcher meant for Savarna Hindus,” she writes, “it was a miracle his life was saved.”
Under the same thread she adds, “Today, a nine year old #Dalit boy has been killed for the same reason. 75 long years after Independence, caste system remains our greatest enemy.”
100 years ago my father Babu Jagjivan Ram was prohibited from drinking water in school from the pitcher meant for Savarna Hindus. It was a miracle his life was saved. 1/2
— Meira Kumar (@meira_kumar) August 15, 2022