new delhi, May 25
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday slammed the Opposition Congress, accusing the party of double standards on promoting the marginalised sections of society and using its president Mallikarjun Kharge, a Dalit leader from Karnataka, as a mere rubber stamp. Reacting to Kharge’s remarks that Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will decide on the ongoing feud between Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah and his deputy DK Shivakumar, BJP leader Amit Malviya said, “Kharge’s statement today was not just politically embarrassing. It was an unfiltered glimpse into the feudal culture of the Congress party.”
In a post on X, Malviya further said, “The Congress lectures the country on social justice, but within its own structure, Dalit leaders are too often treated as placeholders, shields, or electoral mascots, never as independent centres of power.”
Malviya alleged that during the UPA rule, Dalit faces were elevated symbolically while all consequential political and organisational power remained concentrated within the coterie around the Gandhis.
“When the outcome is predetermined, Dalit leaders are pushed to the front. But when it comes to actual decision-making and control, the dynasty takes over,” Malviya claimed. He said that the remarks of Kharge on the Karnataka power tussle have made it clear that he is merely a rubber stamp Congress president.
