Face of Nation : An IAS officer, posted in Uttar Pradesh, has issued a public apology after he taunted some Dalit leaders of the BSP for his or her “expensive clothes and cars”.
“It was my mistake. It was also childish to refer to somebody’s watch, shoes or car. It did not occur to me then, but now I feel it… I apologise,” tweeted Bhawani Singh Khangorat, the District Justice of the Peace of Ballia, after he was trolled on the social media for commenting on the “watches, shoes and cars” of Dalit leaders, who have been visiting a main faculty within the city.
On August 29, the District Justice of the Peace visited the Rampur main faculty following media studies that Dalit college students there have been made to take a seat individually from the higher caste youngsters and have been served meals on banana leaves.
A crew of BSP leaders had already reached the college and when the District Justice of the Peace arrived, he stated he was “astonished to find big cars parked outside the school”.
“I don’t know which party they belonged to but from their attire, they looked like politicians. White clothes, expensive shoes, expensive watches. It seemed they were big and rich people,” he had instructed reporters.
Later a video clip surfaced through which the officer was seen making related feedback to BSP zonal coordinator Madan Ram. Within the video, he was seen pointing to the BSP chief and saying, “Rs 25 lakh ki gadi mein safedposh” after which went on to ask the price of his sneakers and watch.
Mr Khangorat additionally accused the BSP leaders of partaking in “theatrics”. Quickly there was a barrage of feedback on the social media criticising him. The District Justice of the Peace admitted to not giving due respect to the BSP leaders and stated the social media had proven him the “mirror”. “I apologise from the bottom of my heart, with folded hands and my head bowed,” he stated.
