Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi has said that the Congress will think of scrapping reservations in India when the country is in a “fair place” which it is not currently in.
His remarks came during an interaction with students at Washington’s Georgetown University. Gandhi is on a three-day visit to the US with a view to further strengthening the India-US bond.
“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,” the Congress MP said, adding, “We will think of scrapping reservations when India is a fair place. And India is not a fair place.”
“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,” Gandhi said.
Meanwhile, the ruling BJP has slammed Gandhi for maligning India abroad. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the Congress leader has “once again shown his immaturity by talking against India.”
“Rahul Gandhi has this habit in fact he has developed this habit over the years to go outside the country and talk against the country. Rahul Gandhi is speaking against BJP, RSS. That is his habitual style he will never refrain from doing that. So he loves to speak against other political parties and our country’s institutions. Who invites them to the US, UK, or elsewhere we all know it,” the BJP leader added.
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