RAIPUR: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday, targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP leaders for referring to Adivasis as "Vanvasi" and describing the poor as the largest caste saying that the PM must change his mindset.
"Prime Minister claims that in this country, there is only one caste - the poor. Does this mean that according to the Prime Minister, there are no Dalits, Adivasis, or backward classes? If that's the case, why does the Prime Minister refer to himself as an OBC Prime Minister? The Prime Minister needs to change his mindset on Adivasis and caste system", he said at an election rally in tribal Bastar region in Chhattisgarh.
He said the Congress party will eliminate the term "Vanvasi" from the country and stand by "Adivasi". The party will protect the "Jal-Jungle-Jameen" of the Adivasis, in contrast to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which aims to make Adivasis beg by taking their lands and giving them to corporate interests. During the BJP rule in Chhattisgarh, tribals used to be killed, he claimed.
