Don’t fall for BJP as ‘shudras’ and women are not allowed in ‘RSS sanctum sanctorum’: Siddaramaiah

The meeting was organised to canvass votes for the Congress candidate M Lakshmana for the Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha constituency.

‘Reservation is a right’

“BJP and RSS are against social justice. Therefore, they do not like reservation,” the statement quoted Siddaramaiah as saying.

He pointed out that reservation is not alms but the right of the oppressed communities.

According to him, reservation should exist as long as the caste system exists in society.

“Before independence and the British era, did we, the Shudras have the right to study? Did women have any rights? A woman had to burn herself immediately after the death of her husband. Such inhuman practices inspired by Manusmriti were prohibited by our Constitution,” the Chief Minister added.

The BJP and RSS want to bring back the Manusmirthi by making amendments to the Constitution, Siddaramaiah claimed.

“Shudras, Dalits, and women are not allowed inside the sanctum sanctorum,” he said.

Referring to the statements of senior BJP leaders Nanje Gowda and Gulihatti Shekhar, Siddaramaiah said they were not allowed inside “the sanctum sanctorum of the RSS office in Nagpur.”

“This is the truth. The Shudras are just being used…,” he added.

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