Nandurbar: Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his attack on Rahul Gandhi for flaunting a ‘blank constitution,’ the Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition said the Constitution seems blank to the Prime Minister because he has never read it in his life.
Addressing a public gathering in poll-bound Maharashtra today, Rahul said that the Prime Minister says that I show the Constitution in public meetings that is empty.
“Sanvidhan unke liye khali hai kyuki unhone ise zindagi mein pada nahi hai,” Rahul Gandhi said in a public gathering in poll-bound Maharashtra’s Nandurbar.
Attacking the Prime Minister further, the Congress leader said that the Constitution is not blank but carries thoughts and ideas of thousands of years.
“He has no idea what’s written inside this book; that’s why he says it’s empty. He says Rahul Gandhi shows a red book. It doesn’t matter to us what colour the book is; what matters is what’s written inside it. We are ready to give our lives for what it represents,” Rahul Gandhi said.
Earlier, Prime Minister Modi attacked Rahul Gandhi, saying the “Laal Kitab” of the Constitution, which the Congress was flaunting, contained “nothing.”
“In ‘farziwada,” Congress has broken its own record. The ‘Laal Kitab’ of the Constitution, which the Congress party was flaunting and distributing, contained ‘nothing’. It was an empty book. This is nothing but a testament to Congress’ disregard and hate for Baba Saheb Ambedkar. The entire country is in shock over this foolish and unfortunate play of Congress,” PM Modi said.
Further in his address, the Lok Sabha LoP slammed the Bharatiya Janata Party over tribal population and alleged that the Prime Minister and the BJP-RSS call indigenous people “Vanvasi” and carry out deforestation across the country.
“Congress introduced the Land Acquisition Bill to protect your land. The Tribal Rights Act granted you rights to the forest, land, and water. But as soon as the BJP government comes to power, they take your land and hand it over to billionaires. The term “Vanvasi” implies that your children should not become doctors or engineers, should not get jobs, and should not do business. “Adivasi,” on the other hand, means that your children can achieve anything. That is the difference between “Adivasi” and “Vanvasi,” Rahul Gandhi said.
He further pointed out that in India, the Adivasi population is eight percent, and their participation should match this percentage.
“I investigated the representation of Adivasis in the Indian Government.
There are 90 officials who run the government. If the government spends 100 rupees, how many Adivasi officials make decisions about it? Adivasi officials make decisions over just 10 paisa of that amount. Out of 90, there is only one Adivasi official who is sidelined. We need to change this, and the way to do it is through a caste census,” the Congress leader said.
