Everyone should work together and eliminate the evil of casteism

Mumbai, December 12: Yoga guru Baba Ramdev in a veiled dig at the Congress stated that God created everyone equally and there should be no discrimination on the basis of caste.

"We all are children of one God then how can caste and religion come in between? When the God has given equal knowledge and conscience to everyone, then I do not think there should be any discrimination on the basis of caste and religion," the yoga guru was quoted as saying by ANI.

Earlier on December 7, while commenting in response to the PM Modi's attack on Jawaharlal Nehru at a rally, Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar, who called PM as a 'chaiwala' during the 2014 elections has now called the PM a neech aadmi (low-life person) and also said that the PM isn't cultured.

Meanwhile, Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi berated senior party colleague Mani Shankar Aiyar for calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi a ‘neech’ person. He wrote, “BJP and PM routinely use filthy language to attack the Congress party. The Congress has a different culture and heritage. I do not appreciate the tone and language used by Mr Mani Shankar Aiyer to address the PM. Both the Congress and I expect him to apologise for what he said.”

Aiyar later said, “‘Neech’ word can have different interpretations, my intention was never to talk of PM’s caste.I apologize if it also has a caste meaning. I am an ordinary worker of Congress, have not even been asked to campaign in Gujarat so why such a uproar over my comment?”