The LoP claims that Indian nationalism is in danger because certain castes do not have adequate representation in judiciary, bureaucracy, media and corporates
Mumbai: The Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday demonstrated in Nagpur that he could not get rid of the caste system that is cemented in his head. Gandhi was in Nagpur for a ‘Samvidhan Samman Sammelan’. He spent most of the time of his speech on accusing the society of allegedly depriving the so called lower castes from the benefits of development.
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Jyotibha Phule, Gautam Buddha and Basavanna were the most repeated names in Gandhi’s speech. The event was held at Suresh Bhatt Hall in Reshimbag area, which is adjacent to Dr. Hedgewar Smruti Mandir, a memorial of RSS founder the late Dr. Keshav Baliram Hedgewar.
Gandhi also addressed the country as Hindustan several times over in his 31-minute speech that also included his own fascination with Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s books and the Indian Constitution. Gandhi claimed that he has read Dr. Ambedkar’s book ‘The Annihilation of Caste’. He also claimed the Constitution is more than a book but a modern version with a thousand-year-old thought behind it.
Gandhi’s speech appeared to be a hurriedly put together effort to remind the audience that Dalits, OBCs, and Other Backward Classes (OBC) continue to be ignored and rejected in new India and that he is their only saviour available at hand.
Gandhi stressed in his speech that lack of caste representation in media, judiciary and corporate sector is also a threat to Indian nationality. He claimed that caste census alone can give them proper representation in “Hindustan”. He also promised to work hard to break the 50 per cent cap on caste reservations.
Gandhi called himself an ‘amplifier’, responsible to bring forth the voices of the poor and backward people to the forefront and that he was very much enjoying his role at that.
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