ADDRESSING the Congress’s ‘Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan’ occasion at Talkatora Stadium right here to mark Structure Day Tuesday, Chief of the Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi mentioned he may assure that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not learn the statute. “If PM Modi had learn this e-book, he wouldn’t do what he does every day,” Gandhi mentioned.
Holding up a replica of the Structure as he spoke, Gandhi mentioned the statute speaks of social empowerment and carries the concepts espoused by B R Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, Lord Buddha and Mahatma Gandhi.
“Is there (Veer) Savarkar’s voice on this e-book? Is it written on this e-book that there needs to be violence, that an individual needs to be killed or intimidated? Is it written in it {that a} authorities needs to be run on falsehood?” Gandhi mentioned, calling the Structure “a e-book of fact and non-violence” and reflecting “the considering of India for the previous 1000’s of years”.
He went on to talk at size on “the necessity for a caste census” and promised that Congress-ruled states would maintain it.
Throughout his speech, Gandhi mentioned that in actuality, the complete system within the nation was skewed in opposition to the Dalits, backwards and tribals, and {that a} caste census was a step in the direction of altering that. The day caste census knowledge comes into the arms of a Congress authorities, the entire paradigm of growth will change, he mentioned.
The BJP didn’t need a caste census because it wished “solely 4-5% of individuals to manage the complete nation”, the Congress chief added.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, who additionally spoke on the occasion, mentioned the Lok Sabha election outcomes had been a hit of the Congress’s marketing campaign centered across the Structure, led by Gandhi. The SCs, STs, backwards, minorities and intellectuals had all come ahead to “save democracy” within the elections, Kharge mentioned.
Questioning the frilly celebration of Structure Day, together with year-long festivities to mark 75 years of its adoption, by a authorities led by the BJP, Kharge mentioned “those that are weakening the Structure as we speak, their ancestors had been informers of the British police”. The Congress chief additionally alleged that the Adani Group had performed a significant position within the Maharashtra Meeting elections, wherein the Maha Vikas Aghadi was worn out. “He (Adani) has amassed a lot wealth – reasonably, it’s higher to say that Modi ji has given him a lot wealth – that he’s not capable of digest it and is distributing it within the elections on the BJP’s behalf,” Kharge mentioned.
