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Mahabali Singh, president of the Bihar unit of the BSP, which provides outside support to the government, said on Saturday that district presidents and executive committee members of the party met in Patna on May 9 and 10 and unanimously adopted a resolution to this effect and appealed to party chief Kanshi Ram to make the final announcement.
Criticising the state government for its alleged failure to check the "continuing cycle of violence" on dalits, Singh, a legislator, said: "We can't be mute spectator to the growing lawlessness in Bihar."
He said, "We provided outside support to the RJD [Rashtriya Janata Dal] on the condition that the government would not be found wanting in administration of justice to dalits."
The recent killing of dalits in Bhojpur, Patna and Gopalganj districts had 'exposed' the chinks in the armour of the state administration, he said.
The BSP's decision is unlikely to affect the state government.
PTI
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