The Hindu
If the Union government privatised everything, people from the oppressed sections of society would lose the rights that various political leaders had secured for them, Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said in Chennai on Monday.
Speaking at a function following the unveiling of a statue of former Prime Minister V.P. Singh by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, Mr. Yadav said: “There is now the issue of the caste census. The Union government’s efforts towards privatisation will nullify the struggles we have undergone for equality.”
Mr. Yadav, who spoke in Hindi, said: “The people for whom we have managed to secure rights will lose them, if the government privatises everything. We will lose all that we gained after all these struggles. Our fight has not ended. We will have to walk the path shown by leaders such as Ambedkar, Mandal and Ram Manohar Lohia.”
