KALABURAGI: AICC President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said the Union education department has become a lobby of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Participating as the guest of honour at the launch of the book titled ‘Dheemant Dhurina’ (based on Mallikarjun Kharge) at SM Pandit Ranga Mandir in Kalaburagi, Kharge said RSS leaders in the education department are misguiding young students.
Kharge said recently RSS chief Mohan Bhagavat has also changed his tone and is saying that untouchability should be eradicated. The people living in poverty and facing distress conditions are all Dalits, he said.
“Let the BJP and RSS tell what they have done to eradicate untouchability in the past 12 years,” Kharge said. Actor Prakash Raj, who inaugurated the book release programme, said to divert the attention of people, they have raked up the controversy of Vande Mataram, he said.