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People's War Group State secretary Ramakrishna on Wednesday said that uprooting Hinduism would provide a solution to social ills. Asked whether the PWG would agree with Ambedkar's philosophy of uprooting Hinduism, Ramakrishna said Hinduism was being nurtured by feudals and overthrowing these forces would automatically lead to Hinduism being rooted out.
He said, "We will deal with it in our own fashion and we will achieve the goal." The issue would not figure in the agenda in the talks with the government. But his stand became a sticking point when it seemed as if he was positioning the PWG as the sole saviour of the Dalits.
Advocate Sobha Rani asked if the PWG would support Mulayam Singh, Lalu Prasad, Kanshi Ram and others who are working for the poor, Ramakrishna replied: "They too belong to the same exploiting class." Sobha Rani retorted: "Do you criticise even Kanshi Ram and Mayawati? I am not satisfied with your answer. I will not stay here for a moment," and walked out. Asked to comment on the PWG's criticism of Ambedkar as "liberal bourgeois", Ramakrishna said the PW differed with Ambedkar on ideological basis as he supported a bourgeois Constitution. He, however, refused to go into further details.
Ramakrishna was replying to questions
at an interactive session by representatives of scheduled caste,
scheduled tribes, backward classes and minority organisations. Senior
PW leader Sudhakar and Janashakti leader Riyaz besides balladeer
Gaddar and PW emissary Kalyana Rao were also present.
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