Mysore/Mysuru: Former Minister B. Somashekar has given a call to the people to teach a lesson to BJP by defeating the party in this election, as the party has been tactful in using dalits and backward classes before pushing them to a corner.
Addressing a media conference at Congress party office in city yesterday, Somashekar, who recently switched over from BJP to Congress, said ‘The caste system has been the ideology of BJP which I have keenly observed during eight years of my association with that party. Barring election time, when the party utilises dalits and backward classes, the particular classes will be gradually cornered without giving them their due later. Many have become victims to such tactics of BJP. By giving more tickets to candidates of touchable communities, the saffron party has been hatching a plot to keep untouchables away from politics.’
