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Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi welcomed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's statement on the 'caste discrimination' and said the leaders should inculcate this idea among the people.
She added that Maharashtra is facing backlash due to such politics because of the BJP and expected that Gadkari's words will also be endorsed by other ministers of the Union cabinet. Gadkari addressed a convocation ceremony event at the Central India Group of Institutions in Nagpur on Saturday and emphasised the importance of equality and rejecting caste-based politics. "I totally endorse what he is saying, and this is the kind of thought process that we should as leaders should be inculcating in the society, simply because we are seeing how caste-based divisions are happening across the country...Maharashtra is facing a backlash of this kind of politics from the BJP...I welcome his words, and I just hope that his actions, his words are also endorsed by other people in his cabinet," Chaturvedi said to ANI on Saturday. While speaking during the convocation event in Nagpur, Nitin Gadkari asserted that an individual's worth should be determined by their qualities rather than caste, religion, language, or gender. "A person is not known by their caste, sect, religion, language or sex, but only by their qualities. That is why we will not discriminate against anyone based on caste, sect, religion, language, or sex," Gadkari said, stressing the need for equality and fairness. Despite being in politics, Gadkari reiterated that he would not engage in such practices, even if it might cost him votes. "I am in politics, and here all of this goes on, but I refuse this even though it may or may not get me votes," he stated. (ANI)
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