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Look at me ,read my profile i am the first women speaker of indian's parliament,i am low-caste Dalit - formerly untouchable: Meira Kumar:

By: hasnain send a private message
Mumbai : India | 5 months ago  
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  • Meira Kumar, 64,
    Meira Kumar, 64,
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    Meira Kumar, 64,
Meira Kumar, 64,

India.the biggest democratic country .Its parlaiment history always remain with on merit .In the recent election congress got a sweeping victory ,who always talks for all caste ,rights for all religions in india and work for common people.There is no distinction in this party in between upper and lower castes.ur identification on caste-base and religion is not counted ur recognition is only that u are indian .Last time ,one Muslim president,a well-known international scientist,Dr abul kalam azad,then now president and speaker are women and ur prime minister is sikh,what a beautiful combination.May ,they take the decision ,for the rights of kashmiri people who are fighting their freedom since 47,if it happened then no doubt ,it will be great decision in indian history.

India's parliament has elected its first woman Speaker after a sweeping victory for the Congress party in recent general elections. Meira Kumar, 64, was elected unopposed by a voice vote in parliament. She belongs to the low-caste Dalit - formerly untouchable - community. She had been sworn in as a cabinet minister, but resigned on Sunday after Congress offered her the Speaker's job. Parliament's newly-elected lower house began its first session on Monday. As soon as the Lok Sabha [lower house of parliament] met on Wednesday, Congress party president Sonia Gandhi proposed Ms Kumar as the Speaker of the new house. Leader of opposition LK Advani [of the Bharatiya Janata Party] and other political leaders seconded her name. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Mr Advani then accompanied her to the Speaker's chair to complete the formality. 'Historic' Ms Kumar, who has been elected to parliament five times, is the daughter of the late Babu Jagjivan Ram, a prominent Dalit leader and former deputy prime minister of India. She has described her nomination as "a rare historic opportunity". "Historic because a woman has been considered for this very important and august position," . Ms Kumar was earlier sworn in as a minister and given charge of the water resources ministry. It also projects Congress as a party which is concerned about the welfare of the low-caste Dalits who have faced discrimination from upper-caste Hindus for centuries.

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