G. Parameshwara, Home Minister and president of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee, has called upon Dalit youths to study well and secure high posts in the administrative set up.
“Dalit students should not stop their education at SSLC. They should take up higher studies and become IAS officers so that the Backward Classes got justice,” he said in his address after unveiling a bronze statue of B.R. Ambedkar at Gorur in Hassan taluk on Saturday.
For centuries, Dalits have been denied education. Ambedkar had said that only education could liberate the depressed classes.
“Only India has the caste system and this should go. Ambedkar had suffered because of this system and he had said that he would not die as a Hindu in as early as 1935. However, he waited till 1956 to see if changes happened. As he was disappointed, he embraced Buddhism,” he said.
Even today, he said, Dalits were not allowed inside many hotels and temples. Such practices should end.
“Younger generations should understand what all troubles Ambedkar had to face during his fight against atrocities. His life should be a model to others,” he said.
Minister for Animal Husbandry, Sericulture and in-charge of Hassan district A. Manju said that Ambedkar was a role model for all communities.
Bronze statue of B.R. Ambedkar unveiled at Gorur in Hassan taluk
