Bengaluru, Jul 16 (PTI) Karnataka BJP president B Y Vijayendra on Wednesday termed the two-day AICC OBC advisory council meeting held here as an “election gimmick” ahead of the Bihar assembly polls.
Claiming that the meeting is not about the upliftment and development of backward classes, he said the Congress, which had ruled the country and the state long after independence, should be held responsible for the backwardness of these communities.
“AICC’s OBC panel conducted a meeting yesterday and it is going on today also. The agenda of the meeting is not about the upliftment or development of OBC, SC/ST communities, the agenda is how to win the Bihar assembly elections. This is the real agenda,” Vijayendra said.
Speaking to reporters here, he said it is the Congress which has ruled both the state and the country for the last 55-60 years and if there is no development and social justice to these communities, “who should be held responsible?” “It is the Congress party — you are the one who ruled this country for more than 55 years. Now, when the Bihar elections are near, the OBC panel of the AICC holding a meeting here in Karnataka, in Bengaluru, does not carry any importance. There is no relevance for this meeting. It is only a political gimmick. It’s an election gimmick for the upcoming Bihar elections,” he added. PTI KSU KH
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