Is benefit of caste census meant for you or Congress party? HDK asks Siddaramaiah
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Bengaluru: Continuing his attack on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the caste census issue, Union Minister H D Kumaraswamy questioned whether the benefit of the census is meant for Siddaramaiah himself or for the Congress party that provided him political backing.
He further remarked that Rahul Gandhi, unfortunately, seems to have failed to grasp the deeper implications of the census.
In a media statement released on the issue, Kumaraswamy said that public anger over the illegitimate and manipulated caste census is justified.
“Everyone knows the numbers are fake. If a thieving cat shuts its eyes and drinks milk, does the world not see it?” He accused the Congress government in Karnataka of tearing society apart in the name of the census, placing the state’s peace at stake, and using that fire to warm their hands. “The hidden agenda of the state Congress government is clear! The All India Congress Party has chosen the census as its weapon to win elections across the country,” he alleged.
Quoting the lines of Kanakadasa — “Do not fight over caste, do you even know where your caste stands?” — the Union Minister asked, “What does this mean, Hon’ble Chief Minister? Kanakadasa’s vision is meaningful. The malicious intent behind your sponsored census report is questionable. What you say is one thing, what you do is entirely another,” he remarked.
Quoting Basavanna’s vachana
“Who is he, who is he?
Let me not think of him as someone else.
He is ours, he is ours,
Let me consider him one of us.
O Lord of Kudalasangama,
Let me see him as the son of your own home.”
Referring to this inclusive philosophy of Basavanna, Kumaraswamy accused Siddaramaiah of doing exactly the opposite.
“You go around writing Basavanna’s words but your actions say, ‘He is not ours, he does not belong to us!’ Shouldn’t there be a limit to this hypocrisy, Siddaramaanna?” he lashed out.
He added, “To you, social justice means belittling communities you don’t favour! To you, social justice means appeasement of a particular community!! This is not caste balancing—it’s a calculated move to unify castes for political gain.” He repeated, “So, is the benefit of the census meant for you? Or for the Congress party that offered you political shelter? Sadly, Rahul Gandhi doesn’t seem to understand your deeper agenda.”
He went on to say that the Congress party has already paid the price for the injustice done in the past to Veerendra Patil. “Have you forgotten? Neither you nor your party have learned anything from history. Neither of you possesses the quality of correcting your mistakes. You have disturbed the peace in Karnataka. You will be swept away by the tsunami of this census. People have now seen your true face,” he warned in anger.
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