Mangaluru: A delegation from the World Federation of Bunt Association on Monday extended an invitation to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to participate in the upcoming World Bunts Conference, scheduled to take place on the 28th and 29th of September at Ajjarakadu Grounds, Udupi. The President of the World Federation of Bunt Association, Aikala Harish Shetty, formally presented the invitation to the Chief Minister on behalf of the Association.

The officials of the association who visited the residence of the Chief Minister in Bengaluru explained about the functioning of the association.

Former Minister Ramanatha Rai, key association leaders Nadyamppa Shetty, Ashok Shetty Belladi, Girish Shetty Tellar, Chandrahas Shetty Rangoli, Upendra Shetty Bengaluru, Karnire Vishwanath Shetty, Ulthoor Mohanadas Shetty, Raviraj Shetty Jathabettu, Devi Prasad Shetty, Dinakar Shetty Belladi, Praveen Shetty, Bhojraj Shetty, Madhukar Shetty and others were present in the visit.

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New Delhi (PTI): Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the RSS were strengthening the wall standing in the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs, even as he acknowledged that the UPA took steps to weaken that wall but not to the extent it should have.

Addressing the 'Samvidhan Rakshak Abhiyaan', Gandhi also referred to the function held on Constitution Day in Parliament and said that it is his guarantee, that "Modi has not read" the Constitution.

"If PM Modi would have read this book then what he does daily, he would not do it," Gandhi said, displaying a copy of the Constitution of India.

Gandhi said the country's whole system is pitted against Dalits, Adivasis and backward class people.

He said a wall obstructs the path of Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs and Modi and the RSS are strengthening that wall by "adding cement to it".

"Slowly the wall (obstructing the path of SCs, STs, OBCs) is getting strengthened. Earlier, the UPA government gave MGNREGA, the land acquisition act, the right to food...those were ways to weaken that wall. Today, when I look back, I can say the UPA government did not weaken the wall to the extent it should have, it did not do it as strongly as it should have," Gandhi said.

"However, we used to make efforts to weaken that wall but they (the BJP) are strengthening that wall by adding concrete," the former Congress president said.

Gandhi said a caste survey being carried out in Telangana is a historic step and the Congress will do the same wherever it comes to power.