Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday urged Dalit and backward class communities not to spoil the future of their children by giving power to “anti-constitutionalists”.
“The anti-constitutional policy of divide and rule must be properly understood,” he said, speaking at the birth anniversary of the former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs organised by the Karnataka State Dalit Sangharsha Samiti (DSS) here.
“If B.R. Ambedkar had not been the chairman of the constitution drafting committee, our country would not have had such a meaningful Constitution. Devaraj Urs worked hard to effectively implement the wishes of Ambedkar and the Constitution through his policies as the Chief Minister. Thus, he implemented social justice programmes which were not implemented by any of the previous Chief Ministers,” he said.
Policies of Urs
The Chief Minister claimed that the BJP was reversing Urs’s “land to the tiller” law by following the policy of “land to the rich”. The backward classes did not get reservation until Urs implemented the Havanur Commission Report, for which he faced great opposition, he added. The Dalit-Shudra communities should have a clear understanding as to in whose hands the power should be given to, he added.
Continuing his attack on the BJP, Mr. Siddaramaiah said that saffron party was telling lies that Scheduled Caste Sub-Plan (SCSP) and the Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) money was being “misused” for the five guarantee schemes, which were empowering the lives of poor and middle class. “Don’t believe it, look at the documents and teach the BJP a lesson,” Mr. Siddaramaiah said.
