Rahul Gandhi’s one-nigh-stands at Dalit Houses

If there were any previous benchmarks in political hypocrisy, Rahul G, the crown prince of Nehru dynasty has surpassed all and he seems to have set one of his own. In one of his recent comments, he says he doesn’t believe in caste system. And he says he doesn’t visit dalit homes but he only visits poor humans.

But the truth is very different. He has been making one-night-stands at Dalit homes since long and under provocation from the so called dalit-queen Mayawati who had ridiculed him by saying he washed his hands with a particular brand of soap after meeting dalits! If we scrutinize any media report, one fact is obvious that he visits villages and hamlets which are predominantly housed by dalit castes exclusively. I have checked it myself by searching news reports. Did you find any single media report where he made a one-night-stand at a poor Brahmin’s house for example? This realization makes me wonder at two things:

Why hasn’t Rahul Gandhi got the guts to say that he does visit dalit families and dalit villages? Why does he need to disown what he actually is doing? After all, visiting a dalit house has no stigma attached to it. Dalit castes were historically neglected and discriminated against and it is a noble act by anyone who tries to make them feel that they are as humans/Hindus as any other person is! So why does Rahul Gandhi need to appear too ‘politically holy’ – by denouncing what is an actual noble act that he is doing?

How does Rahul Gandhi, being a Roman Catholic, get the right to say whether he believes in Hindu caste system or not? Doesn’t he make such statements to make his ‘good’ impression on others? If he is a Roman Catholic Christian, as his mother is, why does he need to hide his true faith? Right minded Hindus are trying hard to diminish any caste-based discrimination from society, and his comments about caste system and his visits to Dalit houses seems like a Christian Missionary act: do things for a purpose (conversion, politics), and give it a noble name (social work, meeting the poor).

I think Rahul Gandhi should have the guts and integrity to accept that he is particularly visiting houses of dalit families. In his attempt to appear a ‘holy cow’, he is only proving himself a hypocrite.

(Rahul)