New Delhi : Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mevani today said he wanted to be a voice for Dalits working in private companies, sanitation workers and landless agricultural labourers, than being a voice for reservation. He was speaking while taking part in a protest meeting in Delhi University. "As my Ambedkarite and Marxist orientation increased, I felt the need to repeat to myself that even more than reservation, I should become the voice of Dalit labourers in this country's private companies and factories," the Dalit activist said.
"I became more conscious, that more than reservation, I must speak for the sanitation workers who enter sewers, and landless agricultural labourers," he added. Mevani said when he went to Vadgam recently, he asked two officers about the attempts to stop him from entering the state assembly.
"They were instructed to destroy some documents in my nominations and find some technical faults," he alleged.. He said when such attempts were being made to stop "just one Jignesh", there was a need to fight for sending their representatives to Parliament and every assembly. "Today the Constitution, farmers, Dalit labourers, tribals and teachers are in such a crisis, despite varying ideologies, there is a need for us to come together," Mevani said. PTI
