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Chitradurga January 28: 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.

Other highlights of the speech

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.