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A video purportedly showing Manikanth Rathod, who contested the past Assembly elections arsenic a BJP campaigner from Chittapur Constituency, making arguable remarks against the preservation strategy has gone viral connected societal media, triggering crisp disapproval from assorted quarters.
In the 2.18 minutes video, shared connected a Facebook relationship titled “Manikanth Rathod BJP”, Mr. Rathod is heard opposing caste-based reservation. He says that if helium were to go Prime Minister, helium volition abolish it and restrict preservation lone to economically weaker sections.
He asserts that specified a determination volition marque India a planetary powerfulness wrong a decennary and adjacent claims that the worth of the Indian Rupee volition surpass the U.S. dollar.
Mr. Rathod besides states that those demanding preservation should beryllium jailed and that radical identifying themselves by caste should not beryllium granted Indian citizenship.
These remarks person drawn wide condemnation, calling them unconstitutional and against the tone of societal justness enshrined successful the Constitution.
Social media platforms witnessed aggravated debate, with galore users terming the statements divisive and provocative.
Mr. Rathod contested from the Chittapur Constituency, a reserved conception for Scheduled Castes, connected BJP summons and was defeated by Priyank Kharge of the Congress.
Mr. Rathod has been progressive successful respective controversies successful the past. Earlier, a constabulary ailment was filed against him for his remarks made during a property league successful effect to comments by Mr. Kharge connected the RSS.
