New Delhi: Worried after the alleged suicide of Hyderabad Central University PhD student Rohith Vemula, the Rashtraiya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) has asked all the Dalit BJP MPs to fan out across the country in a bid to reach out to the schedule caste electorate.
Top RSS leaders Krishna Gopal met more than two dozen MPs in Delhi Wednesday evening at the residence of Union Social Justice & Empowerment Minister Thaawar Chand Gehlot. The RSS feels that Ambedkarite movements have been attempting to brand RSS and its affiliates including BJP as anti-Dalit.
A resolution on social harmony was also passed by the RSS at its annual conclave in Rajasthan's Nagaur on March 13, 2016. At conclave the sangh also made it clear that it is against affluent sections seeking benefits of reservation.
Akhil Bhariya Pratinidhi Sabha, the top decision-making body of the RSS, also favoured a study to ascertain whether deserving backward classes were actually getting quota benefits.
This categorical stand by the Sangh fountain head has political ramifications as the BJP government in Haryana has already committed itself on Jat quota after the recent unrest. It could also have ripple effects in adjoining western UP where assembly polls will be held next year
The Patel quota stir has already disrupted BJP' cosy caste chemistry in Gujarat. In Andhra Pradesh, where the BJP is an ally of the ruling TDP, Kapus are seeking OBC quota.
As part of the 125 birth anniversary celebrations of Dr BR Ambedkar, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government is also planning a series of events in April.
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