Congress Chief Kharge slams BJP for ‘anti-Dalit, anti-tribal’ mindset
The Hindu
Five lakh vacancies in government, semi-public institutions in Gujarat have not been filled by the ruling BJP because half the jobs will go to Dalits, adivasis and OBCs, alleges Mr. Kharge
Taking on the BJP in Gujarat, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge accused the ruling party of not filling government job vacancies in the State because half of them will go to aspirants from Dalit, tribal and other backward caste communities.
Campaigning for the Assembly elections for the seats going to the polls in the second phase on December 5, the newly elected president of the Opposition party took on the ruling party on governance issues, claiming that the ruling party’s leaders seek to deflect attention from the issues related to governance, inflation and unemployment.
He added that BJP leaders, including the PM, want to polarise the electorate instead of talking about their performance in the government in the State and at the Centre.
He claimed that the BJP government in Gujarat was not filling up five lakh posts in government and semi-government departments and State institutions because half of them will go to aspirants from Dalit, tribal and other backward caste (OBC) communities.
“On one hand there is inflation and on the other hand unemployment. There is no job for the poor. All the jobs are either daily wages or contract basis. Today, five lakh posts in government and semi-government institutions are vacant in Gujarat,” said Mr. Kharge, asking why those posts had not been filled up for years by the BJP government in the State.
“Why don’t you fill up the posts? Because if they fill these five lakh jobs, then adivasis, Scheduled Castes and backwards or OBCs will get 50% of these jobs. This is why they do not want to fill them up,” he added.
Mr. Kharge, addressing an election rally in the Scheduled Tribe (ST)-reserved Assembly constituency of Bhiloda in north Gujarat ahead of the second phase of polling on December 5, alleged that the BJP-ruled State has seen a 17% rise in cases of atrocities against Dalits and adivasis or tribals.
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