News Point Rajiv: Rahul Gandhi के आगे झुके PM Modi ! Gujarat election 2022 https://youtube.com/embed/TX7Vk_0NSKY?start=305&end=766
Comment: After Savarkar, it's an assault on the mean trickery: "Vanvasi"!
Yet another defining feature of Hindutva. This is a term that is unmistakably linked to and the product of the spurious (foundational) thesis that the Aryans are the original inhabitants of this land and they're the rightful owners of this land -- to the exclusion of all others. Hence the "Adivasi" (i.e. the "original inhabitant") has to be cunningly morphed into a mere "Vanvasi" -- the "jungle inhabitant".
The ace pragmatist that he is, Modi did immediately pick up the signal and has tried to respond accordingly. But this travel back to "Adivasi" cannot but be only ephemeral. It's, to be sure, only a temporary concession. Post the poll, it'd surely be back to "Vanvasi" again.
But the concession unambiguously shows that it's hurting where it hurts. At least for now. That's how and why the PM had to stoop down.
So, the round one goes to Rahul!
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