Dalit representative should be a minister: Hegde

Amid Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati’s demand for inclusion of a Dalit in the Lokpal Bill drafting committee, Justice Santosh Hegde said if someone from the community should be included in the panel, then it should be one of the Dalit ministers.

“If at a Dalit is to be included in the panel, it should be one of the Dalit Ministers from the government,” he told reporters here.