The Congress Vice President also took at a dig at BSP chief Mayawati by saying that the former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister was posing hindrance for other Dalit leaders to emerge to the top. “In the second stage of the Dalit movement, the production of leaders stopped, Mayawati-ji has captured the leadership. The unfortunate fact is that Mayawati Ji did not allow any other leaders to emerge” he said and added “It is a great time for Congress party who has a history of working for Dalits”.
“There is a concept of escape velocity in aeronautics. What is escape velocity of Jupiter. It is 60 km/sec acceleration. Dalit community in India needs Jupiter's escape velocity. We all need for push for their development. You may wonder why I am talking about Jupiter’s velocity here. In India, we have casteist concepts. There is an escape velocity in this too. If you belong to a particular caste and you want to surge ahead, you also need an escape velocity. So the Dalit community in India needs Jupiter’s escape velocity to push for development” he said.
Rahul Gandhi also pointed out that the Congress party, in a systematic manner, will have to build Dalit leaders at the panchayat, legislative and even the policy level. “We want to build more Dalit leadership – at panchayat, MLA, MP and policy levels” said the Congress leader.
The Congress MP also explained how he acquired the quality to fight for Dalit’s rights. He said that he learnt it from his grandmother – Indira Gandhi and narrated a personal experience; “My grandmother visited Germany when she was a child.. She, with her friends, went to watch an ice-hockey match between Germany and another team. Germany was scoring goal after another against its opponent. She felt so sad that a strong team is crushing a weaker team so badly. The entire crowd was cheering for Germany.. Suddenly, the opposite team made a good move against Germany. Immediately my grandmother, alone, stood up and started clapping. The entire stadium started booing her. She said she was scared; but made up her mind she would stand up against underdog”.
“It was because of her, I decided to always stand up and support the weaker sections” and exhorted the Dalit representative by saying ”You too must not just sit, but stand up and fight for your rights” while concluding his address and the audience acknowledged it with loud applauds.
The two-day camp has been organised by National Commission of Scheduled Caste headed by Congress MP P.L. Punia. Dalit thinkers and intellectuals from across the country took part in debates and discussions
There is a concept of escape velocity in aeronautics. What is escape velocity of Jupiter. It is 60 km/sec acceleration. Dalit community in India needs Jupiter's escape velocity. We all need for push for their development. You may wonder why I am talking about Jupiter’s velocity here. In India, we have casteist concepts. There is an escape velocity in this too. If you belong to a particular caste and you want to surge ahead, you also need an escape velocity. And.. thus the Dalit community in India needs Jupiter’s escape velocity; because, you have to push a lot for development.
Rahul Gandhi's Full Speech
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