'BSP will oppose Constitution review'

By Our Special Correspondent

BANGALORE, MARCH 20. The Bahujan Samaj Party President, Mr. Kanshi Ram, today declared that his party would oppose tooth and nail the Union Government's move to bring about changes in the Constitution.

Addressing a public meeting here organised to receive a BSP jeep rally, he said under the ``Manusmrithi constitution'' a majority of the people in the country were made to live in abject poverty and slavery.

The Indian Constitution had given new hope to the dalits and minorities.

Mr. Kanshi Ram said that the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes were aware of their rights and could not be cowed down. The NDA Government headed by the BJP was bent upon changing the Constitution to suit its purpose.

He hailed the services of the founder of the Dravida Kazhagam (DK), E. V. Ramaswamy Naikar, for launching a movement for the removal of untouchability in the South.

Mr. Kanshi Ram said his party would continue to educate people of their rights and the jeep rallies flagged off from Kanyakumari in Tamil Nadu on March 15 were part of this programme. The four rallies, after taking various routes through the southern States, would converge at Mumbai on April 14 to participate in the Dr. Ambedkar Jayanthi on April 15, he said.

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