Taunting the Congress top leaders over AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge recalling missing out on the opportunity to become Chief Minister, the BJP on Monday alleged that the Congress high command always believed in tokenism and not transformation.
Taking to social media, Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashok remarked: “Congress leader Rahul Gandhi lectures the nation on nyay. Is this your nyay, Mr. Rahul Gandhi? Will you start by conducting a Dalit census in your own party leadership? Or are Dalits only tools for election speeches, not for real power?”
He further alleged that “every time a Dalit rises in the Congress, the Gandhi family ensures he is pulled down.”
BJP State president B.Y. Vijayendra said Mr. Kharge had made a poignant statement that even after independence, marginalised communities have been used by the Congress as a vote bank without giving them true justice — a fact that many have now come to recognise.
He said Mr. Kharge had openly shared his pain and disappointment with the people of the state. “Mr. Kharge’s comments have indirectly exposed how the Gandhi family, the Congress, and Siddaramaiah have been unjust to Scheduled Castes and Tribes,” he maintained.
