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XPatna: Congress MP Tanuj Punia on Wednesday said it is baffling that Bihar leaders like Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Union ministers Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi, who are “known for banking on Dalit votes”, are silent on the attempt to hurl a shoe at Chief Justice of Indian BR Gavai inside the Supreme Court.

A 71-year-old lawyer almost hurled a shoe at CJI Gavai, the second Dalit to head the Indian judiciary, during a court proceeding on Monday, but was stopped by the security personnel.

“The silence of Bihar leaders Nitish Kumar, Chirag Paswan and Jitan Ram Manjhi—known for banking on Dalit votes—on this matter is inexplicable,” Punia, who is one of the party's Dalit faces, told reporters in Patna.

Manjhi, a former chief minister, and Paswan belong to the Dalit commun

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