Washington: The Congress Party will certainly think about junking bookings when India is a reasonable area, which is not the situation today, Rahul Gandhi, Leader of Opposition has actually claimed.
Gandhi made these comments while speaking to trainees at the respected Georgetown University.
“We will think of scrapping reservations when India is a fair place. And India is not a fair place,” Gandhi informed trainees at the college below in reaction to an inquiry on booking and for how long it would certainly proceed.
“When you look at the financial numbers, then tribals get 10 paise out of 100 rupees; Dalits get 5 rupees out of 100 rupees, and OBCs get a similar number. The fact of the matter is that they’re not getting participation,” Gandhi said.
“The problem is that 90 per cent of India is not able to play. Go through the list of every single business leader in India. I’ve done it. Show me the tribal name. Show me the Dalit name. Show me the OBC name. Out of the top 200, I think there’s one OBC. They’re 50 per cent of India. But we’re not treating the symptom,” he claimed.
“That’s the problem. Now, it (reservation) is not the only tool. There are other tools,” he claimed.
“There are many people who come from the upper caste who say, look, what have we done wrong? Why are we being punished? So, then you think about increasing dramatically the supply of some of these things. You think about decentralising power. You think about involving many more people in the governance of our country. You think of opening up. With all due respect, I don’t think any of you are ever going to become Adani or Ambani. There’s a reason for that. You can’t. Because those doors are closed. So the answer to people in the general cast is you open those doors,” Gandhi claimed.
When inquired about the Uniform Civil Code, Gandhi claimed he would certainly talk about it just after he recognizes what is BJP’s proposition.
“BJP is proposing a uniform civil code. We haven’t seen it. We have no idea what they’re talking about. For us to comment on it doesn’t make sense. When they pull it out, then we’ll have a look and we’ll comment on it,” he claimed.
Gandhi additionally claimed participants of the INDIA union had distinctions however settled on a great deal of points.
“We agree that the Constitution of India should be defended. Most of us agree on the idea of the caste census. We agree that two businesspeople, namely Adani and Ambani, shouldn’t run every single business in India. So, for you to say that we don’t agree, I think, is inaccurate,” he claimed.
“Second thing is that all coalitions… A certain amount of to and fro will always take place. That is perfectly natural. There’s nothing wrong with it. We have run governments again and again which have been successful using coalitions. So we are pretty confident that we can do it again,” he claimed.
Published 10 September 2024, 01:34 IST
