'Caste System Will Kill More Children if Not Abolished': Meira Kumar

<p>On 15 August, Meira Kumar, the former Lok Sabha speaker, tweeted: “<em>100 years ago my father Babu Jagjivan Ram was prohibited from drinking water in school from the pitcher meant for Savarna Hindus. It was a miracle his life was saved. Today, a nine-year-old #Dalit boy has been killed for the same reason. 75 long years after Independence, caste system remains our greatest enemy.</em>”</p> <p>Babu Jagjivan Ram was the Deputy Prime Minister of India, and a Dalit leader.</p> <p>Kumar was speaking about Indra Meghwal, a class three student, who died on 13 August, after he was brutally thrashed by his upper-caste teacher for allegedly drinking water from a pot meant for the teacher.</p> <p>On this episode of News and Views, Meira Kumar speaks to The Quint's Somya Lakhani. </p> <p> </p>