Responding to RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s visit to a mosque and a madrasa in Delhi on Thursday, Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha M. Mallikarjun Kharge said that just visiting a mosque or eating with Dalits won’t help or change things.
Addressing presspersons here on Friday, Mr. Kharge took a dig at Mr. Bhagwat for visiting the mosques and Dalit homes and eating with them. He said that showing such “symbolism” would neither change their fortunes nor eliminate poverty. “India is being beaten by poverty, and Mr. Bhagwat should make honest efforts towards bringing social change by eradicating the evil practice such as untouchability from society”, he said.
In 2021, India ranked 101 out of 116 in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) from 94th place in the previous year, he said.
