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New Delhi:The government must conduct a caste-based census in the country if it cares about Hinduism, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) MP Andimuthu Raja said Monday in the Lok Sabha, replying on the Motion of Thanks to President Droupadi Murmus address...
He said while the division of labour was a universal reality, the Hindu religion had been distorted to misinterpret it as division of labourers in the last 2,000 years..
This did not allow upward or horizontal mobility of people, the MP said.. Criticising the governments Vishwakarma scheme initiated in 2023 to provide support to artisans and craftspeople Raja said it only perpetuated the caste system by ensuring a person born in a certain caste could not break away from the traditional occupation associated with it..
That is why Ambedkar also said if at all a person, if at all a race is entitled to claim this land, it is only Dravidian, not Aryan, he said.. Raja thanked the people of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Punjab for demonstrating that politically, Indians were not divided into a north-south binary, whichthe BJP wanted to establish...
Gandhi repeatedly invoked Lord Shiva to underscore that Hinduism represented truth, courage and non-violence attributes the BJP actively worked against, he said.. Raja said We want to celebrate our religion provided you should give equal opportunity to all..
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