Amethi, Feb 25 : RSS ideologue Govindacharya on Wednesday took a dig at Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi, saying it is not enough to highlight the "plight of one Kalawati but he should also think about six crore families living in slums and struggling to make both ends meet". He was speaking to reporters after laying the foundation stone of a house for a dalit woman at Gandhi's parliamentary constituency -- Ameti.
"Like Kalawati of Vidharba, whose plight was raised in the parliament, Gandhi should also think about six crore families living in slums and struggling to make both ends meet," he said.
Blaming successive governments of failing to formulate any concrete policy for ameliorating the woes of the lot, the former BJP leader lashed at political parties, including the saffron outfit, saying they have deviated from their ideology. "While the Congress has deviated from the ideology of Gandhi, BJP has been reduced to a mere saffron version of the Congress.
"BSP founder Kanshi Ram would have never thought birthdays will be utilised for collecting money," he claimed, adding he was against "politics on poverty". Last year, Gandhi, during a visit to Vidharba on July 18, was moved by the living conditions of dalit woman Kalawati Bandurkar and later highlighted the case in Parliament.
