Lucknow, Aug 30 (IANS) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has strongly attacked the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi over his ‘Bharat Dojo Yatra’. She said what about the crores of families who are struggling with unemployment, inflation and backwardness and are forced to work hard day and night to earn a living. Isn’t the ‘Bharat Dojo Yatra’ a mockery of them?
On the occasion of National Sports Day on Thursday, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi shared a video on social media in which he was giving information about martial arts to children. Along with this, he told that soon he is going to start ‘Bharat Dojo Yatra’.
On this, BSP supremo Mayawati retaliated on Friday and wrote on social media platform X, “No one denies the importance of Dojo and other sports for people with full stomachs, but what about those crores of families struggling with poverty, unemployment, inflation and backwardness etc. who are forced to work hard day and night to earn their living. Isn’t ‘Bharat Dojo Yatra’ a mockery of them?”
In another X post, he wrote, “The central and state governments want to make crores of poor and hardworking people of the country sing bhajans on empty stomachs to cover up their failure in providing them food and livelihood with dignity and respect, but how will the public accept the same anti-people attitude of the opposition Congress?”
BSP supremo Mayawati finally wrote, “Congress and its indie alliance increased their strength by taking votes of SC, ST and OBC in the name of saving reservation and constitution, but is it right to adopt this cruel attitude towards them by forgetting their hunger and agony after their time is over? Politicization of sports is harmful, which cannot be done anymore.”
Earlier, while sharing the video, Rahul Gandhi had written in a post, “While travelling thousands of kilometres in the Bharat Jodo Yatra, I used to practice Jujitsu every evening inside my camp. What started as a simple way to stay fit soon turned into a social activity, involving fellow travellers and young martial arts students from the cities where we used to stop.”
He further writes, “Our aim was to introduce the youth to the beauty of this ‘gentle art’. A harmonious blend of meditation, jujitsu, aikido and non-violent conflict resolution techniques.”
“Our goal was to inspire young people to transform violence into kindness and to give them the tools they need to build a more compassionate and safe society.”
–IANS
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