Terming the BJP "anti-Dalit", disgruntled BJP MP from northwest Delhi Udit Raj joined the Congress on Wednesday after being denied a ticket and slammed his former party saying it wants Dalit votes but not a leader from the community who speaks his mind.
Raj, who joined the Congress after meeting party president Rahul Gandhi here this morning, alleged that the BJP wanted a "deaf and dumb" Dalit leader and he could never fit in as he could not stay quiet on matters related to the scheduled castes.
The BJP has replaced Raj from the North West Lok Sabha constituency with Punjabi Sufi singer Hans Raj Hans.
"I wanted to join the Congress since a long time and Rahul Gandhi knows this. I dont lie. If BJP would have given me a ticket from there (northwest), I would have fought from there. But because of this (not being given ticket), a big thing has come out before the people that how anti-Dalit, the BJP is," he said at a press conference
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