NEW DELHI: A day after Mallikarjun Kharge was elected the Congress president, BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday accused the 137-year-old party of remembering Dalits only in its bad times and making them “scapegoats”.
Kharge (80), a Dalit leader from Karnataka, trounced his 66-year-old rival Shashi Tharoor in a historic election held four days ago to become the first non-Gandhi to head the Congress in 24 years.
1. कांग्रेस का इतिहास गवाह है कि इन्होंने दलितों व उपेक्षितों के मसीहा परमपूज्य बाबा साहेब डा भीमराव अम्बेडकर व इनके समाज की हमेशा उपेक्षा/तिरस्कार किया। इस पार्टी को अपने अच्छे दिनों में दलितों की सुरक्षा व सम्मान की याद नहीं आती बल्कि बुरे दिनों में इनको बलि का बकरा बनाते हैं।
— Mayawati (@Mayawati) October 20, 2022
In a series of tweets, Mayawati said, “The history of the Congress is a witness that it has always neglected/disdained the messiah of the downtrodden Param Pujya Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar and his society. This party does not remember the safety and honour of Dalits in its good days, but makes them a scapegoat in bad days.”
“The Congress party remembers mostly non-Dalits in the long run of good days and puts Dalits in front in their bad days as in the current times. Is this not deceit and pseudo politics? People ask, ‘Is this the real love of the Congress towards Dalits’?” she said in another tweet.
Considered a loyalist of the Gandhis, Kharge will take over as the Congress president on October 26 as he seeks to steer the beleaguered party out of its current crisis.
Source: Press Trust of India
