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BJP vows to root out casteism from Bihar
BJP Vows To Root Out Casteism From Bihar. Alleging that Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Janata Dal (United), who have criticised the Centre for not releasing the caste census report, are indulging in caste politics, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday asserted that it would take Bihar out of the quagmire of casteism after coming to power.
Alleging that Rashtriya Janata Dal and the Janata Dal (United), who have criticised the Centre for not releasing the caste census report, are indulging in caste politics, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday asserted that it would take Bihar out of the quagmire of casteism after coming to power.
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“Our party never indulges in caste-based politics.
Everybody — forward, backward, Dalits or Scheduled Tribes — are with us. We do not use caste cards,” BJP national spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi told reporters here.
“Prime Minister Narendra Modi has resolved that casteism should be ended. We are determined to take Bihar out of the quagmire of casteism,” he said describing RJD president Lalu Prasad and Chief Minister Nitish Kumar as ‘casteist’.
He said BJP is the only party fighting the forthcoming Assembly polls to win and form government while others are indulging in “negative politics” and are in the run for different reasons.
The JD (U) is fighting to retain its credit, the RJD is fighting to save its status while the Congress is in the run to register its presence, the BJP leader said.
Stating that the time has come to decide the future of Bihar and its people, he said the Janata Parivar unity followed by its disunity happens in a cyclical phenomenon in every 10-12 year, and ultimately benefits the BJP.
Noting the party’s growth in the Lok Sabha, he said the number of BJP MPs grew since 1989 and the original Janata Party and Janta Dal splintered into regional parties.
BJP members in Lok Sabha had been 86 (1989), 120 (1991), 161 (1996), 182 (1998) and 183 (1999) and its leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee became PM after 1996, 1998 and 1999 elections, he said.
Taking potshots at Mr. Kumar tying up with RJD and Congress, Mr. Trivedi said it was a paradox to his claims of development as he tied up with “a symbol of jungle raj” on one hand, and “a symbol of corruption” on the other.
He also attacked Mr. Kumar’s ‘Har ghar dastak’ (knock at every house) campaign saying the knock was an omen of “dangerous” future instead of a happy one.
