Being targeted because I am poor, Dalit: Kumar

NEW DELHI: Sacked over an alleged sex scandal, former Delhi women and child development minister Sandeep Kumar said on Thursday he was targeted because he was “poor

NEW DELHI: Sacked over an alleged sex scandal, former Delhi women and child development minister Sandeep Kumar said on Thursday he was targeted because he was “poor and Dalit”.

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“This is a conspiracy against me as I belong to the Valmiki Samaj. The matter should be probed. I am hurt. The CD is not authentic. It’s authenticity should be checked,” he said.

Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal dropped the Sultanpur Majra legislator from his Cabinet on Wednesday over a video and still pictures that shows the 35-year-old in a compromising position with two women.

“I am the only Dalit face of the party...that’s why a conspiracy was hatched against me. Other political parties are after us as we do not have a political background,” he said.

Kejriwal announced Kumar’s sacking on Twitter. Kumar, however, insisted that he had resigned on moral grounds.

Asked if he was the one featured in the CD, Kumar said it was a matter of investigation and truth should come out. “Someone is saying the video is two months old and others are saying it is three months old. There is no authentication. Dalits have always been exploited. I belong to a poor family, so I know the facts are distorted. I have been framed because I am a Dalit,” he reiterated.