New Delhi, December 14
Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi today attacked the BJP and the central government by quoting a ‘statement’ of Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. He said that your ‘Supreme Leader’ Savarkar preferred Manusmriti instead of the Constitution
was He alleged that the way Eklavya’s thumb was cut off, in the same way the fingers of the youth, farmers, backward and poor people of the country are being cut off. He said that today there is a battle of ‘Constitution vs Manusmriti’ in the country.
Gandhi today targeted the BJP during the debate on the ’75-year glorious journey of the Constitution’ in the House, saying that Hindutva ideologue VD Savarkar had criticized the Constitution by saying that ‘there is nothing Indian about it.’ Gandhi said that when the ruling party talks about saving the Constitution, it is ‘defaming’ and ‘mocking’ its own ‘Supreme Leader’. Gandhi said that BJP and RSS are ‘supporters of Manusmriti’ but the country will follow the constitution.
Gandhi compared it to the story of Eklavya, who had to give his thumb to Dronacharya as ‘Guru Dakshina’, saying that by creating ‘autonomies’ for Adani in various areas, bringing in the Agnipath scheme, tear gas on protesting farmers. By spotting bullets, by allowing lateral entry recruitments and paper leaks… the government has thumbed its thumb at the youth, farmers, backward class people and the poor. has ‘married’ During the debate, Gandhi used the thumb as a symbol of bread and talent.
The former Congress president said that he wants to tell every poor person that the Constitution protects them, but the BJP is constantly attacking it. Rahul said that Savarkar has clarified in his writings that there is nothing Indian about the Constitution and the book on the basis of which this country is running should be replaced with Manusmriti. Gandhi said that the whole battle is about this. When asked by a member of parliament what her grandmother and former prime minister Indira Gandhi thought of Savarkar, Gandhi said, “She (Indira) told me that Savarkar had made a pact with the British.” -News-Patiala
