Dr.Thomas (Special Correspondent)
*Teach a lesson to the anti-constitution people and -those who want to change the constitution: CM Siddaramaiah.
*Reject BJP-RSS that divides society in the name of caste and opposes the Constitution: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah.
*If we protect the Constitution,the Constitution will protect us: CM Siddaramaiah.
Chief Minister Siddaramaiah gave a call to reject the anti-constitutional BJP-RSS which is dividing the society in the name of caste.
He was speaking after Inaugurating the”Shoshitara Jagruthi Samavesha’organized by the Karnataka Exploited Caste-Communities Federation and the Karnataka State Backward Castes Federation at Chitradurga.
The people of backward,Dalit and exploited castes and communities should clearly understand who their enemy is.
The enemies must be clearly identified and they should be rejected completely and build your self-esteem, CM advised.
BJP and RSS continue to oppose the Mandal Commission report.BJP-RSS has continuously opposed social justice and equal opportunities.
So,Ambedkar had warned that power should not go into the hands of the opponents of the Constitution and reservation and social justice.We should not forget this warning,he said.
KS Eshwarappa,CT Ravi and R Ashok could not have entered the assembly as MLAs without Baba Saheb’s constitution.They would had to work in some other’s farms, he criticised.
The vested interested people oppose me due to the fact that a son of a shepherd has become the chief minister.
They are opposing me for implementing schemes for all caste,middle class and poor people of all religions, he said.
Anna Bhagya,Shoe bhagya,uniform bhagya have provided benefits to the poor of all castes and all religions.This is why they oppose me.But I will be on your side come what may,he said.
He explained that such conventions are necessary and inevitable as long as caste discrimination,caste exploitation and caste-based inequality are in force.
Great men like Ambedkar had warned that the caste system will be destroyed only if awareness is gained through organizations.Kanakadas should not be insulted by limiting him to one caste,he said.
Due to the caste system,the people of the lower communities have been subjected to exploitation for centuries.
As a result of being deprived of literate culture, inequality was created in the society.Caste system is the cause of social and economic inequality.
Exploitation continues in the country due to this caste discrimination, the CM opined.
Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar gave the constitution with the intention of putting an end to this caste exploitation. Sahu Maharaj,Jyotiba Phule,Buddha,Basavanna, Narayanguru,Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, Vivekananda,Kanakadasa all worked hard to get rid of this caste system.Our constitution also includes the aspirations of all these great men, he said.
Due to this reason, vested interests and evil forces are trying to change the constitution and continue the exploitation and superstitions.
On the one hand they are campaigning to change the constitution and on the other hand they are opposing the reservation advocated by Nalwadi Arasu and Ambedkar and Sahu Maharaj.
Therefore,he called upon people to teach the opponents of the constitution a lesson.
Some people are opposing Kantaraj’s report without reading it or knowing it.We will definitely accept the Kantaraj report
Rahul Gandhi has announced that he will conduct caste census if Congress comes to power at the centre.
Office bearers of the Federation presented a memorandum demanding rights of the oppressed communities in the convention.
DCM DK Shivakumar,ministers,HC Mahadevappa, Satish Jarakiholi,Bose Raju,K.H Muniyappa,Bairati Suresh,Santhosh Lad, Madhu Bangarappa,Zameer Ahmed,Dinesh Gundurao,R. B.Timmapur,Nagendra,D. Sudhakar,Shivraj Thangadagi,Rahimkhan etc.
Spoke on the occasion and condemned the atrocities on the oppressed communities in the country and called upon the people to teach BJP a lesson to in the Lok Sabha elections.
The programme presided over by Ramachandrappa,the president of Karnataka Exploited Communities Union, Dalit Sangharsh Committee leaders Mavalli Shankar, former minister H.M.Revanna,H.Anjaneya,former MP, Ugrappa and legislators Prakash Rathore,Nagaraj Yadav, Ajay Singh, Naseer Ahmed and more than 20 people participated in the event. MLAs were present.
