After Gujarat MP's 'anti-Rajput' barb, Haryana leader's 'anti-Brahmin' remark puts BJP in tight spot

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Gurugram: After Union Minister Parshottam Rupalas comments which have ruffled the feathers of the Kshatriyas in Gujarat, BJPs Ranjit Singh Chautala in Haryana is now in the soup over his purported comments blaming the Brahmins for the caste system in the country...

Brahmins in Haryana comprise 5 to 6 percent of the states population, according to various estimates..

But Ranjit Chautalas comments have enraged the community, Raj Kumar Bhardwaj, President of the Zila Brahmin Sabha, Hisar, told The Print Sunday...

The Brahmin community condemns his comments and unless he publicly apologises, we will keep opposing Chautala at political and social levels...

At a meeting Sunday in Hisar, the Sabha has decided that community leaders from across the state will assemble in Hisar on 4 April to take a big decision against the BJP candidate if he does not apologise for his comments...