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Bihar minister Shyam Rajak: ‘Whenever I am humiliated, I remember Babasaheb’

Shyam Rajak, an MLA for 25 years and presently a minister in the Bihar government, explains how the struggles and the ideology of Dr Ambedkar have always been a pillar of support for him, even when people humiliate him today with casteist slurs

I sometimes feel that an umbilical cord connects me with Dr Ambedkar. My parents Ramrati Devi and Reetnarayan Rajak used to live in the Sabzibagh locality of Patna. They used to wash and iron clothes and deliver them from door to door. They were deeply influenced by Dr Ambedkar’s thinking and had realized the importance of education. They always encouraged me to study.

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Shyam Rajak

Shyam Rajak is a former minister of Bihar

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