Posted 4/1/2024, 11:28:05 AM
BJP Candidates in Haryana Face Backlash Over Comments on Caste and History, Prompting Apologies and Demands
- BJP candidate Ranjit Singh Chautala in Haryana faces backlash over comments blaming Brahmins for caste system
- District Brahmin Sabha demands apology from Chautala by April 4 or will oppose him politically and socially
- Chautala claims comments were casual conversation about history of caste system, didn't intend to hurt sentiments
- Earlier, BJP's Parshottam Rupala stirred controversy with comments about Rajput rulers yielding to foreign rulers
- Rupala apologized but Rajput community still demands he be replaced as BJP candidate