Ramesh's onslaught came aft Modi accused the Congress of playing a unsafe crippled of dividing castes and communities. (File photo)
The Congress alleged connected Friday that the BJP and the RSS “want to get rid” of B R Ambedkar’s Constitution and regenerate it with 1 based connected the ideology of the Manusmriti, and said that is wherefore Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “called the caste census an effort to disagreement the nation”.
Congress wide caput in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ideological mentor, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), person galore grouses with the Constitution, and reservations for Dalits, Adivasis and Other Backward Classes (OBC) are among the superior ones.
Ramesh’s onslaught came aft Modi accused the Congress of playing a unsafe crippled of dividing castes and communities. If the Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Other Backward Classes enactment united, the Congress’s authorities volition beryllium over, the premier curate said successful Dhule, addressing his archetypal rally successful Maharashtra for the November 20 Assembly polls successful the state.
“The Congress wants to pit 1 caste against different and weaken the unity of the SCs, STs and OBC. Since (Jawaharlal) Nehru’s time, the Congress and his household opposed preservation and now, their 4th procreation ‘yuvraj’ (prince) is moving for caste divisions. You indispensable realise that ‘ek hai toh harmless hai’ (we volition beryllium harmless if we are united),” Modi said.
Alleging that the BJP and the RSS person galore grouses with the Constitution and reservations, Ramesh said this is simply a substance of humanities record.
“The RSS mouthpiece, Organiser, came down heavy connected the Constitution wrong 4 days of its adoption by the Constituent Assembly connected November 26, 1949.
“In its contented dated November 30 that year, the periodical stated that ‘the worst happening astir the caller Constitution of Bharat is that determination is thing Bharatiya astir it. To this day, his laws arsenic enunciated successful the Manusmriti, excite the admiration of the satellite and elicit spontaneous obedience and conformity. But to our law pundits that means nothing’,” the Congress person said successful a station connected X.
“The BJP and RSS privation to get escaped of Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution, and regenerate it with 1 based connected the ideology of the Manusmriti,” helium alleged.
“This is wherefore their person successful Maharashtra, Mr Fadnavis, criticised the Constitution arsenic being affiliated to ‘Urban Naxals’ and wherefore the non-biological PM has called the caste census — a historical measurement to bring Babasaheb’s Constitution to its afloat imaginativeness — arsenic an effort to disagreement the nation. This is simply a emblematic Modi-style lie,” the Congress wide caput said.
A caste census, followed by the removal of the 50-per cent ceiling connected reservations for the SCs, STs and OBC, is indispensable for ensuring afloat societal justice, Ramesh asserted successful his station connected the microblogging platform, utilizing the hashtags “BJP Hatao Samvidhan Bachao” and “Aarakshan Virodhi BJP”.