‘Congress used Dalits as vote-bank and forgot their development’
The Hindu
Unleashing a verbal attack on the Congress, BJP Scheduled Castes Morcha State president and party spokesperson Chalavadi Narayanaswamy has said that the grand old party had used Dalits only as its vot
Unleashing a verbal attack on the Congress, BJP Scheduled Castes Morcha State president and party spokesperson Chalavadi Narayanaswamy has said that the grand old party had used Dalits only as its vote-bank and cheated the community by doing nothing for its development in the last 70 years. He also held that the Congress anti-Dalit mindset forced the Dalit communities to desert the party and join the BJP that led to its [Congress] downfall in the last few years. “Dalits, including me, were under the impression that the Congress would work for their welfare and supported it in its electoral politics all these years. But, it used the Dalits as a vote-bank and forgot them after assuming power. Most of the Dalits who have realised its anti-Dalit approach have deserted the party and joined the BJP. The erosion of its Dalit support base is the major reason for the decline of the Congress and the rise of the BJP in the country,” he said. He was, along with BJP Scheduled Castes Morcha State vice-president Ambaraya Ashtagi and other Dalit leaders, addressing a media conference at Aiwan-e-Shahi Guest House in Kalaburagi on Sunday.The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
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