INDIA bloc instigates people to fight using caste census: PM claims

Varanasi: INDIA bloc believes in instigating people in the name of caste census and making them fight, Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed on Friday. According to him, the opposition leaders could not tolerate Dalits and tribal people sitting in high posts, saying that they opposed Droupadi Murmu contesting presidential elections, PTI reported.

Addressing a gathering at Varanasi, the PM said, "If someone instigates (others) in the name of caste, it also damages humanity. Hence, brothers and sisters, today, every Dalit and backwards of the country has to keep in mind that the 'INDI gathbandhan', which believes in instigating and making people fight in the name of caste, opposes the schemes meant for the welfare of the Dalits and 'van hit' (deprived)."

The PM said that these people indulge in the politics of vested interest of the family in the name of the welfare of castes.

He said, "When the construction of toilets was started, they ridiculed it. They also mocked Jan Dhan accounts and opposed Digital India. Not only this, these 'parivarvaadi' (dynastic) parties have another identity - they do not want any Dalit or tribal person outside their families to move ahead. They cannot tolerate Dalits and tribal persons occupying high posts.

"You must know that when Droupadi Murmu, the first woman tribal president, was contesting elections, who all opposed her and which parties came together to defeat her.

"You must know that when Droupadi Murmu, the first woman tribal president, was contesting elections, who all opposed her and which parties came together to defeat her," he said. "It was all the 'parivarvaadi' parties who see Dalits, tribal people and backwards as their vote bank during the elections. We have to remain alert to these people and such a mindset. We have to follow the positive education of Ravidas ji while avoiding the negative mentality of casteism."