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Publication: Deccan.com
Date: October 13, 2004
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.
