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What would Hindu Rashtra of RSS/BJP look like?
@isai_ @moodanmani20 @jokinjey @kavitha129 @Shamurai10 @sapemaa3

Here's but a small sample. Remember these are mostly poor Hindus who belong to OBC/SC categories. See the way they're treated in UP. https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/1262667868937678849
Bodies of deceased laborers are put inside black plastic bags, placed on top of ice slabs and transported in open trucks along with injured laborers.

This is how poor people are treated in Yogi's Uttar Pradesh. Are they even human beings in BJP's eyes? https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/1262667144958889984
Compare this to how much the Dravidian movement worked for a century in order to ensure Tamils didn't have to end up this way.

Despite Rajaji shutting down many schools started by the Dravidian governments before him, Kamarajar (who was influenced by Periyar) reopened them.
Later on, Kalaignar put Kongu Vellalars in the OBC category in 1973. It helped them tremendously in the years to come.

He also pushed VP Singh to include reservations for OBC castes, and it happened with help from the Mandal commission thus massively benefiting Tamil Nadu.
Imagine if the Dravidians didn't educate non-Brahmins among Tamils and left them at the mercy of Congress and RSS.

People like @apmbjp and his wife would've been walking hundreds of miles back home dragging their son sleeping on top of their suitcase.
Imagine if Kalaignar didn't pursue technology (he introduced computers to Tamil Nadu even before the rest of India). 👇
https://twitter.com/idonashok/status/1255841989238505473

@MaridhasAnswers wouldn't be spreading lies on YouTube, he'd be walking hundreds of miles carrying his son on his shoulders.
Imagine if the Dravidian leaders didn't introduce midday meals in schools, and Kamarajar and Kalaignar didn't improvise on them, people wouldn't have sent their kids to school.

@SuryahSG wouldn't have been spreading lies and hate on Twitter, he'd be crying on his phone.
Imagine if Kalaignar didn't introduce the brilliant policy of offering professional education for free to students who hail from families that didn't go to university.

ADMK goons, Tumbler boys and casteist bigots would've been sprayed with bleach used to clean buses.
Imagine if Kalaignar didn't give women equal rights as men to inherit property from their parents, maternity help or anything else. There are too many to list.

Many Tamil women would've been subjected to the same or similar fate as this poor laborer. https://twitter.com/SonaliVaid/status/1262708497340231680
Imagine if Kalaignar didn't introduce India's first IT policy, build IT parks or invite all those automobiles and other industries to Tamil Nadu.

ADMK, BJP, PMK and Tumbler boys wouldn't be trolling DMK online, they'd be desperate for their next meal.
Even now, as the nationwide shutdown cripples Indians of all stripes, when even people in Ahmedabad in Gujarat are forced to protest for food, DMK is protecting Tamils through #OndrinaivomVaa.

And it's been a decade since DMK were voted out of power. https://twitter.com/NirjhariSinha/status/1259384012256264194
#OndrinaivomVaa is a superb initiative. Its success and the sheer genius behind its idea are unparalleled.

No other party anywhere in India has worked so hard.

@isai_ @moodanmani20 @jokinjey @kavitha129 @Shamurai10 @sapemaa3 @LalithaVenkat05 @idonashok @Surya_BornToWin
All this while resisting New Delhi's assaults on state rights with Dead-body's approval.

This is the kind of effort Congress and other parties need to put in, in order to stay relevant in the future.
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