New Delhi, Oct 17 (UNI) Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge and the Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday paid obeisance to Maharishi Valmiki at the Maharishi Valmiki temple here.
Kharge called for economic and educational empowerment of the Valmiki community and also asserted the need for all sects of Dalits to unite to fight for their rights.
Rahul Gandhi, while paying obeisance to Maharishi Valmiki, said, “Maharishi Valmiki Ji showed humanity the path of truth, justice and harmony with love and compassion”.
Extending his greetings to the people on the occasion, Rahul said, Maharishi Valmiki had given the great epic Ramayana to the humanity.
In an informal interaction with reporters after paying obeisance to Maharishi Valmiki, Kharge observed that most of the members of the Valmiki community across the country were economically and educationally backward.
He said there was a need to empower the community educationally and economically.
Kharge said the Congress party had launched a countrywide movement to save the Constitution and the democracy.
The Congress President stressed that only when both the Constitution and the democracy are saved, people’s rights will be safeguarded and the country will emerge stronger.
