New Delhi, Dec 14 (FN Agency) Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi on Saturday attacked the BJP and RSS by calling them as “supporters of ‘Manusmriti” and said that the country will only “run by Constitution and not by Manusmriti”. Participating in the discussion on the “Glorious Journey of 75 years on the Constitution of India”, Rahul said, “INDI ‘Alliance are the protector of the Constitution’, while the BJP and RSS were supporters of Manusmriti. The country will be run by the Constitution and not by Manusmriti”. Accusing the BJP of trampling the rights of the people, Rahul said, “Just like ‘Dronacharya cut off Eklavya’s thumb’, the same way the BJP government is chopping the thumbs of youth, farmers and small businessmen and taking away their rights. “Just like Dronacharya cut Eklavya’s thumb, this government is also cutting the thumb of the country. When this government hands over the country’s assets to Adani, then the thumbs of small and big industries and businessmen of this country are cut,” he said.Rahul said, “Ambedkar ji said, if there is political equality but no social or economic equality then political equality will be destroyed. We want to show the county whose thumbs you have chopped.
“He reiterated his stand to get the Caste census passed in the House which will ‘bring in a new development in the country and a new politics’. He further emphasised that the 50 pc cap on reservation would also be removed. Speaking about his recent visit to Hatras in Uttar Pradesh, Rahul said, “Four years ago a girl was gangraped and those who committed the crime were roaming freely but the victim’s family have locked themselves inside the house”. He said, “Where in the Constitution is written that rapists should stay out? The Constitution is not applicable in UP. Manusmriti is being used there”. He said, “The UP government had promised to relocate the victim’s family. If the UP government does not re-locate the Hathras victim’s family, then INDI Alliance will re-locate the family.”