Community outfit calls for Lalit Jha's boycott

A community organisation of alleged Parliament breach mastermind Lalit Jha resolved on Saturday to boycott him and requested the media not to use his surname in reports.

The move by the Maithil Samaj Uttar Pradesh (MSUP) came even as residents, neighbours and cops in Lalit's native Bihar expressed surprise at the allegations and his family said they would move court. The MSUP announced its decision following an online "emergency meeting" on Friday where Lalit was castigated for his "shameful act". Some community members participated from abroad. "After discussions on the impact on the Maithili fraternity, a resolution was passed for the social boycott of Lalit," MSUP treasurer Gautam Kumar Jha told TOI on Saturday. According to Gautam, participants in the meeting were unanimous that such individuals have no place in the community. He indicated that charges against Lalit had led many to cast a suspicious eye on the entire community, who trace their roots to the Mithila region of Bihar. TNN


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