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75th Constitution Day: Rahul Gandhi Slams Govt, Accuses It Of Using Violence, Lies, Rakes Up Caste Census Issue

Surprisingly, Gandhi's mic went off after encountering a power cut at the beginning of his speech. On the power cut, the Congress MP said, "In this country for the last 3,000 years whoever talks about Dalits, tribals, backward classes, poor, his mic gets switched off.

Rahul Gandhi
Rahul Gandhi

Delhi: At the Constitution Day program held at Talkatora Stadium in Delhi on Tuesday, Lok Sabha LoP & Congress MP Rahul Gandhi raised questions and spoke about the caste census in Telangana. He asked, “Does it (Constitution) have Savarkar ji’s voice? Is it written somewhere in it that violence should be used, people should be killed, or that the govt should be run by using lies?

During his speech, he was spotted holding the book ‘Constitution of India’. Calling it as the book of ‘truth’ and ‘non-violence’, Rahul said, “A few days ago we started the work of a caste census in Telangana and it is not a bureaucratic exercise. For the first time caste census has been made a public exercise in Telangana. The questions that are being asked are not being chosen by 10-15 people in a closed room, they are lakhs of people including Dalits, tribals, backward class people, poor, general caste people, minority people, everyone, and the people of Telangana have designed the census…Wherever our government comes in the future, we will carry out caste census there.”

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Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge and other notable political figures were also present at the event.

Also Read: 75th Constitution Day: Official Ceremony Kicks Off! President Droupadi Murmu Delivers Joint Address In Parliament

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Surprisingly, Gandhi’s mic went off after encountering a power cut at the beginning of his speech. On the power cut, the Congress MP said, “In this country for the last 3,000 years whoever talks about Dalits, tribals, backward classes, poor, his mic gets switched off. When the mic was switched off, a lot of people came and told me to go and sit. I said I will not sit, I will stand, switch off the mic as much as you want, I will speak whatever I want to. Here is Rohith Vemula’s photo behind, he wanted to speak but his voice was taken away.”

Meanwhile, BJP leader Amit Malviya has slammed Rahul Gandhi who left an event commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Indian Constitution early Tuesday, reportedly without greeting President Droupadi Murmu.

Also Read: Rahul Gandhi And Congress Delegation Leave For Violence-Affected Sambhal

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Sheetal Prasad


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