National president of Lok Janshakti Party (LJP-Ram Vilas) Chirag Paswan on Vijayadasami obliquely referred to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as the mythological demon king Ravan. Drawing attention to the festival of Dussehra as symbolising the victory of good over evil, Mr. Paswan said that all evil in Bihar, in particular the caste system in the form of a Ravan, was holding back development in the State.
“The way Dussehra symbolises the victory of good over evil, I hope that whatever evils there are in Bihar, especially the social evil in the form of caste system, who is a Ravan and has stopped the pace of development, I hope these evils will end in days to come,” Mr. Paswan said at the Patna airport while interacting with media persons.
Mr. Paswan has rejected the caste-based survey was released by the Bihar government on October 2, terming it a “political conspiracy”. He has also alleged that the government inflated the population of some castes, and reduced the number of other castes, including the Paswan caste to which he belongs, in the report.
