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A petition has been filed astatine a tribunal successful Madhya Pradesh’s Indore against IAS serviceman Santosh Kumar Verma, days aft his remarks related to preservation and the Brahmin assemblage created a disturbance successful the State and outside.
Shailendra Dwivedi, an Indore-based lawyer, filed a plea earlier the Judicial Magistrate First Class seeking directions for the constabulary to registry an FIR against Mr. Verma portion alleging that his connection was “vulgar, obscene and cheap”.
At a determination lawsuit of the M.P. Anusuchit Jati-Janjati Adhikari Evam Karmachari Sangh (AJJAKS) connected November 23 successful Bhopal, Mr. Verma had said, “Reservation should proceed until a Brahmin gives distant his girl to my son, oregon (she) has a narration with him, if it’s lone astir the economical aspect.”
He had been appointed the caller State president of the assemblage astatine the event.
Mr. Verma aboriginal apologised for his remarks and clarified that by “giving away” helium meant kanyadaan (Hindu wedding ritual of giving distant a girl successful marriage) and was referring to the ‘roti-beti’ civilization betwixt antithetic castes, which promotes inter-caste marriages.
However, his remarks led to assorted protests from Brahmin outfits and leaders who alleged that they were derogatory towards women arsenic they demanded an FIR and disciplinary enactment against the bureaucrat.
The State Government besides issued a show-cause announcement to Mr. Verma, saying that his connection prima facie amounted to “harming societal harmony and creating animosity successful the society” and fell nether the class of “indiscipline and superior misconduct”.
Speaking to reporters, Mr. Dwivedi said, “I travel from the Brahmin assemblage and americium profoundly wounded by Santosh Verma’s violative statements astir my community. I petition the tribunal to bid the constabulary to registry a lawsuit against him nether the applicable ineligible provisions and taxable an probe report.”
The tribunal has acceptable December 4 for proceeding the plea, helium said.
