BJP’s ‘feudal mindset’ behind rise in crimes against minorities: Kharge
New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the BJP-led Indian government is nurturing a “feudal mindset” that has fuelled a rise in violence and discrimination against marginalised communities.
According to Kashmir Media Service, citing National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data, Kharge said crimes against Dalits rose 46% and against Adivasis 91% between 2013 and 2023.
In a post on X, Kharge referenced recent incidents — the lynching of Hariom Valmiki in Rae Bareli, caste discrimination faced by a Haryana IPS officer who later died by suicide, the assault on Chief Justice of India B.R. Gavai, and atrocities against elderly Dalit woman Kamla Devi Raigar in Rajasthan — saying these were not isolated events but “a dangerous manifestation of the RSS–BJP’s feudal mindset.” He warned that such politics threaten the Constitution’s guarantees of equality, justice and fraternity and accused the government of turning a blind eye. Kharge said India must be governed by the Constitution, not by “any extremist ideology,” and earlier described the IPS officer’s suicide as testament to “social injustice, inhumanity, and insensitivity” under what he called the BJP’s “Manuwadi” system.
