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Today’s Edition

New Delhi, 28 February 2024

Vidya Bhushan Rawat

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Are Rahul Gandhi's powerful speeches in Uttar Pradesh have hurt  vested interests and   'liberals' in the media 'uncomfortable'? The upper caste  'editors' and 'experts' are upset when he raised the issue of caste in the media. Actually, Rahul Gandhi is doing what no Gandhi ever ventured or thought in their imagination. It is, speaking on the caste question with great conviction. So far, Congress'es brahmanical elite avoided this question and remain comfortable with duplicity but now Rahul Gandhi has brought the issue to mainstream. The jaatiwadi experts are crying and asking question whether he would be able to gain 54 seats. Internally, these people are now upset as INDIA alliance is working towards a credible fight against BJP. UP, Bihar, Delhi, Maharashtra, Tamilnadu, jharkhand, kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana have already seen finalisation of seat sharing between Congress and other parties. It is a great news.

 

The Guptas, Joshis, Sanghvis, Dutts, Puries, are debating about the 'language' of Rahul Gandhi. Some want to be seen as 'impartial', other dont question how this government is responding to farmer's' crisis or why regular paper leaks in UP or what is happening on our economy front. The media shamelessly remain silent and the only things they are doing is questionning Rahul Gandhi and making us believe that he does not exists.

 

I remember the same media vilifying VP Singh when he implemented Mandal commission report. Remember, India's' brahmanical elite was always comfortable with 'secularism' but always uncomfortable with the question of social justice and reservation. All those who raise the issue of reservation and social justice are villain for this elite. V P Singh became persona non grata for them. Rahul, that way, is carrying VP's legacy in the mainstream politics. It took nearly thirty years for India's oldest party and Gandhi family to understand the power of social justice. We hope that the leaders of Congress will not be mocking Rahul Gandhi in private as this issue is serious. If Congress want to remain relevant, it must stop pampering the manuwadi elite. It must wholeheartedly build a coalition of 90% of India's people. Yes, Rahul Gandhi must understand that SC-ST-Minorities OBCs are roughly above 90%. Give them due share in your power structure. Speak up strongly for an inclusive India. It is the ideological war between secular liberal inclusive democratic India verses the capitalists-priestly class combine or what Jytiba Phule termed as Sethji-Bhatji combine.

 

Secularism will only succeed if there is inclusivity and social justice.

 

We need to stand clear in our ideological commitment to idea of inclusive India.

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