In a moment of self-realization, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi stated on 22 May 2024, that the system is significantly biased against the lower castes. He asserted his deep understanding of this bias due to his unique perspective, having been born into a family of prime ministers, with his grandmother and father holding the office, and later visiting the PM’s residence when Manmohan Singh was in office.
“In the prime minister’s house, when my grandmother and later father were PM and later Manmohan Singh, I used to go, so I know the system from inside. And I am saying the system is aligned against lower castes, in a major way at every level,” Rahul stated.
Rahul emphasized that his insider knowledge allows him to understand the system’s mechanics, including its biases, whom it favors, protects, and oppresses. “Since the time I was born on June 19, 1970, I have been sitting in the system since I was born. I understand the system from the inside. You cannot hide the system from me. How it works, whom it favors, how it favors, whom it protects, whom it attacks, I know everything because I come from inside the system,” Rahul added.
“When my grandmother was the PM, my father was the PM, and when Manmohan Singh was the PM, I used to go to the PM’s house. So I know how the system works from the inside. I can tell you one thing, the system is aligned against the lower castes, severely and on every level.” Rahul further said.
In response, Prime Minister Narendra Modi took a jab at Rahul Gandhi’s recent remarks about the system’s alignment against the lower castes. During an election rally in New Delhi’s Dwarka, PM Modi remarked, “Sometimes while speaking lies, the truth comes out of the Shehzada’s mouth.”
“Today, Congress’ Shehzada has confessed a big truth. He has admitted that the system that was formed during his grandmother’s, his father’s, and his mother’s time, was severely against the Dalits, backwards and Adivasis,” PM Modi said. “This Congress-designed system has devastated generations of ST, SC, and OBCs. Today, the Shehzada himself has confessed to this,” he added.
#WATCH | Delhi: Addressing a public rally in Dwarka, PM Modi says, "Sometimes while speaking lies, the truth comes out of the Shehzada's mouth. Today, Congress' Shehzada has confessed a big truth. He has admitted that the system that was formed during his grandmother, his father… pic.twitter.com/49EkxW2Erx
— ANI (@ANI) May 22, 2024
In this context, Tamil Nadu BJP President K Annamalai also mocked Congress scion Rahul Gandhi’s comments on bias against Scheduled Castes and Tribes. Annamalai wrote, “Rahul Gandhi admits there was a system against Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Adivasis during the rule of his grandmother, his father, and Manmohan Singh’s rule. Congress will never change – not then, not now, not ever!”
பிற்படுத்தப்பட்டோர், பட்டியல் சமுதாய மக்கள் மற்றும் ஆதிவாசிகளுக்கு எதிராக தனது பாட்டியின் ஆட்சிக் காலத்தில், தனது தந்தையின் ஆட்சி காலத்தில் மற்றும் திரு மன்மோகன் சிங் அவர்களின் ஆட்சிக் காலத்தில் சிஸ்டம் இருந்ததாக ஒப்புதல் வாக்குமூலம் அளிக்கும் திரு. @RahulGandhi அவர்கள்.… pic.twitter.com/glWKkdRTwr
— K.Annamalai (மோடியின் குடும்பம்) (@annamalai_k) May 23, 2024
(With Inputs From TOI)
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