“Upliftment” of the community will not happen just by “big talk”. Five Dalit candidates of the BJP had won from Karnataka in the recent Lok Sabha elections. “Upliftment of Dalits won’t happen just by big talk. In the recent elections several BJP candidates have won from reserved constituencies. Best wishes to them. Former CM and Congress Leader Siddaramaiah has alleged BJP for not inducting a Dalit MP from Karnataka in the Union cabinet.
“Despite this not even one Dalit MP from the state has got representation in the Union cabinet. Is there a bigger injustice or betrayal than this?” Siddaramaiah, who is also the Congress Legislature Party (CLP) leader, tweeted in Kannada.
Calling Siddaramaiah “Twitter Ramaiah,” the Karnataka BJP hit back at the Congress leader and asked him to make veteran party leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who lost in the Lok Sabha polls, the chief minister, if he really cared for Dalits.
BJP has not inducted any Dalit MP from K’taka in Union cabinet: Siddaramaiah
