Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani has requested the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee not to field candidates against the activists associated with people’s movements during upcoming state assembly polls.
The Dalit leader, who was in Chikkamagaluru on Friday to attend an event organised by the Karnataka Komu Souharda Vedike, said that at least 10 to 15 candidates associated with people’s movements should be allowed to contest the elections in Karnataka.
Obliquely thanking Congress for paying the way for him to become an MLA, he said: “We shall also appeal to the Congress not to field its candidates against activists, as the party did in my case in Gujarat. Our goal must be to defeat the Sangh Parivar”.
He said that he would campaign against the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka during 2018 polls. “I am not concerned about which party will benefit by my campaign, but my goal is to defeat the BJP,” Mevani said.
Mevani claimed 80% of Muslims and Dalits in Vadgam area voted against the BJP during the Gujarat Assembly elections. “I wish here in Karnataka, 95% of Dalits, Muslims, farmers, and workers vote against the BJP.” He said that Dalits and Muslims had united after communal incidents in the country.
“We do not want an ageing (Prime Minister) Modi delivering speeches. We want to hear young leaders such as Hardik Patel and Kanhaiya Kumar,” Mevani said.
He called on “secular forces” to take on BJP leaders like Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Adityanath and National President Amit Shah, who will be visiting Karnataka soon to hold experiments on imposing Hindutva in the state.
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It is the historic opportunity for the congress to support peoples activists and give a new direction to Indian Political movement. Its a Win-win situation for all sans anti-national Manuwadis.
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