"Will Jitan Ram Manjhi, Ram Vilas Paswan and Upendra Kushwaha go with Modiji in Bihar now after BJP has taken this anti-Dalit stand?" party spokesperson Kapil Sibal asked at the AICC briefing.
NDA, backed by Dalit leaders like Paswan from LJP and Mahadalilt leader Manjhi from HAM, is hoping to make deep inroads among Dalits in Bihar in this Assembly polls as it had done in Uttar Pradesh during last Lok Sabha polls.
Alleging "politics" behind some recent initiatives of BJP and RSS for Dalits in Bihar, Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal recalled that RSS had once termed "Manusmriti" as the "most worshippable scripture after the Vedas".
Manusmriti, an ancient Hindu scripture, has repeatedly been slammed by Dalit bodies for its views on the community.
"The duplicity of the BJP is evident on the issue of providing reservations in promotions with respect to higher grade level officers of PSU banks," Sibal said.