‘For BJP, Constitution is holy scripture that means more than the Gita’: Haryana BJP’s key Dalit face

In an interrogation with The Indian Express, Kharkhoda speaks astir his prospects successful the October 5 polls, the Agniveer strategy and wrestlers’ protest, among different issues.

Excerpts:

The BJP has ever mislaid the Kharkhauda seat. What makes you hopeful of a turnaround this time?

There is simply a question of alteration successful Kharkhauda. The run-up to the elections has been bully and radical of “chhattis biradris (36 communities)” from each 58 villages and municipality areas arsenic good arsenic intellectuals are supporting me. Moreover, Independents are besides successful my support.

Also, determination is anti-incumbency against Congress MLA (Jaiveer Singh). The radical privation to decision him and person made the predetermination a Kharkhoda versus Singh battle. It is besides an insider versus outsider battle. People judge that their problems would beryllium solved lone if Singh is defeated.

During the caller Lok Sabha polls, the Opposition had raised the contented of preservation and Constitution, which mightiness person led to Dalits voting for the INDIA bloc. How are you approaching the SC voters now?

For america (BJP), the Constitution is simply a “pavitra granth (holy scripture)” which means much than the (Bhagavad) Gita. The BJP volition ne'er let it to beryllium changed. On the contrary, the Congress harmed the Constitution and imposed the Emergency successful 1975. They person changed it hundreds of times arsenic they person an anti-Constitution mindset.

The BJP-led authorities authorities has made promises for Agniveers. Is that helping the enactment to woody with the choler of youths who aspire to articulation the Army?

The radical cognize that the BJP is the lone enactment that thinks astir the state portion the Opposition is lone trying to reap governmental benefits successful its name. They effort to disagreement radical successful the sanction of caste and religion portion the BJP takes everyone along.

The wrestlers’ protestation against ex-BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh has dominated sermon successful Haryana since past year. Has it damaged the BJP’s chances successful the upcoming polls?

Wrestlers and different athletes are making our state proud. They bring honour to the federation and the Tricolour. If thing becomes an contented owed to 1 idiosyncratic (Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh), it has nary relevance. Many times, it becomes a combat of ideologies. The wrestlers’ protestation was politicised by the Congress. The BJP ne'er meted retired injustice to them and has ever stood successful their support.

Has anti-incumbency declined for the BJP aft it replaced Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini arsenic the CM aboriginal this year?

The BJP gives accidental to each idiosyncratic and it is the lone enactment wherever a ground-level idiosyncratic of immoderate caste oregon religion tin scope the apical position. In contrast, the Congress volition renominate an MLA till helium is alive. All BJP CMs person done bully enactment and the alteration was a regular exercise. Manohar Lal ji and Saini some person done bully work. The BJP is moving for the maturation and advancement of Haryana.