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Sources stated Anurag Thakur had not named anybody as a part of his feedback so claiming privilege movement was not warranted. (PTI)
The uproar started when Thakur, in his speech, stated, “The one whose caste shouldn’t be identified is speaking concerning the census.” The comment was seen as a direct assault on Rahul Gandhi.
Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP) Lok Sabha MP Anurag Thakur on Thursday reacted to the continuing row over his speech on caste census saying your entire ecosystem began yelling as a result of some folks’s sense of entitlement received damage as a consequence of his remarks.
“Some folks’s sense of entitlement received damage due to the assertion I made, the outcome was that your entire ecosystem began yelling. They really feel that solely they’ll ask questions as a result of they’re privileged. They’re these whose ancestors used to name backward courses folks, ‘Budhu’…their ancestors used to make excuses for not giving equality to Dalits and tribals…” he stated.
#WATCH | BJP MP Anurag Thakur says, ” Some folks’s sense of entitlement received damage due to the assertion I made, the outcome was that your entire ecosystem began yelling. They really feel that solely they’ll ask questions as a result of they’re privileged. They’re these whose ancestors used… pic.twitter.com/nFy74LrlAm— ANI (@ANI) August 1, 2024
Earlier on Wednesday, the opposition Congress moved a Privilege Movement in opposition to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for endorsing Thakur’s feedback about Rahul Gandhi’s caste in Lok Sabha.
Congress Jalandhar MP Charanjeet Singh Channi submitted a Privilege grievance to the Secretary Normal, Lok Sabha. “The PM tweeting the remarks that had been expunged from the proceedings of Lok Sabha clearly quantities to a breach of privilege movement in opposition to the PM, and Irequest you to please admit my movement and allow me to maneuver the identical, request that privilege proceedings could also be initiated in opposition to the Prime Minister,” the discover by Channi reads.
PM Modi on Wednesday shared the video of Thakur’s speech, calling it a ‘should hear’. The Congress then determined to maneuver a privilege movement grievance in opposition to the prime minister.
A number of opposition leaders, together with SP’s Akhilesh Yadav and DMK MP Kanimozhi attacked Thakur asking how can they ask somebody’s caste.
Bahujan Samaj Celebration president Mayawati on Wednesday stated the current spat between the opposition and treasury benches in Lok Sabha over a caste comment was a “drama” and an “try to deceive the OBC group”. Mayawati stated each BJP and Congress have a historical past of remaining “fiercely anti-OBC”, in order that they can’t be trusted.
The row started in the course of the debate on caste census, a marketing campaign being spearheaded by Chief of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi. The uproar started when Thakur, in his speech, stated, “The one whose caste shouldn’t be identified is speaking concerning the census.” The comment was seen as a direct assault on Rahul Gandhi.
With out mentioning names, Thakur stated a couple of individuals are “unintentional Hindus” and their data of the Mahabharat can be unintentional.
Gandhi responded to the comment by saying, “Whoever raises the problems of Adivasi, Dalit, and the backward, is abused. I’ll fortunately settle for these abuses… Anurag Thakur has abused me and insulted me. However I don’t want any apology from him.”
He added, “You may insult me as a lot as you want however we’ll go the caste census in Parliament.”
(With inputs from businesses)
