Chief of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday cited the instance of the favored Hollywood film ‘Titanic’ to elucidate the caste discrimination in India. Addressing a State-Degree Consultations on Caste Census in Telangana, Rahul Gandhi mentioned that the system has been designed in such a method that the upper-caste folks fail to notice the bias prevalent within the society. In the course of the occasion, Rahul Gandhi additionally reiterated his demand for the caste census.
“A Dalit particular person in India couldn’t be touched. Do you understand the extent of inequality that an individual experiences when society is not even allowed to the touch him? This degree of discrimination would not exist wherever else. We have now to acknowledge that discrimination in India is exclusive and certain among the many worst on this planet,” mentioned Gandhi, including that if India needs to change into a strong nation and obtain progress, ‘the very first step is to determine the extent and nature of the discrimination occurring’.
Citing Titanic to elucidate caste discrimination, Rahul Gandhi mentioned, “The Titanic was constructed, and its designer claimed it was unsinkable, but it surely sank only a week later. The particular person answerable for recognizing icebergs didn’t see it. After hitting the iceberg, the Titanic was devastated. The explanation no person noticed it coming was that 90% of the iceberg lies beneath the floor. Thus, the particular person did not understand that the small seen portion was really a large iceberg hidden beneath the ocean. Caste discrimination in India resembles this iceberg, with most of it hidden beneath the floor. It is hid by numerous elements.”
Saying that his buddies from the higher caste fail to notice the discrimination, the LoP mentioned, “I’ve many buddies from higher castes who say they’ve by no means felt caste discrimination. I inform them it’s apparent, because the system isn’t designed to have an effect on them. For them, it’s like an iceberg—they solely see the floor. The true ache and injury attributable to caste discrimination have an effect on not solely the Indian folks but additionally our Structure.”
Query Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress MP mentioned, “I’m nonetheless questioning why the PM hasn’t publicly said that he needs to problem the concept of discrimination in Indian society. Why hasn’t he requested what number of Dalits are in India’s company sector, what number of OBCs are in our judicial system, and what number of Adivasis are anchors in our media? Why is he afraid of asking these questions?”
Rahul Gandhi mentioned that Telangana is a mannequin for the Nationwide Caste Census. “We wish the folks of India to find out what questions must be requested. We wish Dalits, OBCs, Adivasis and girls to resolve the character of those questions. In consequence, it gained’t be only a caste census; it will likely be a political instrument, a developmental instrument that can form the nation’s progress,” mentioned Gandhi.
