“Poona Pact is responsible for non-abolition of untouchability in India”
-Mr. Waman Meshram, National President, BAMCEF
 
Concluding the second special debate session Mr. Waman Meshram told that BAMCEF always have some objective behind organising or sponsoring any function. The main theme behind this topic is that many (arya Brahmins) had betrayed us. Now it’s time to be self dependant. But the mass to whom we want to make self dependant is totally ignorant and consider Gandhiji as their elegy. The scavenging caste is more in favour of Gandhiji and Hinduism. And if we want to make strength of these castes or wants to organise then first they will have to be detached from arya brahminical ideology and attached with their liberator Phule-Ambedkarite ideology. As our people were attached with Gandhiji, indirectly they were attached with congress. This is the major obstruction in organising the scavenging castes. Our first and foremost objective will have to detach the people who are directly linked with Gandhiji and Congress.

Before Poona Pact (1932) we were having adequate representation, separate electorate and dual voting right. It means that for choosing our leader we were not dependant on the upper castes hindus rather the upper caste hindus were dependant on our voting. But Gandhiji was the only person who snatched the dual voting right from us through Poona Pact. If the dual voting right could have prevailed then untouchability would have abolished soon after implementation of constitution. Because we elect 119 SC/ST members for parliament and those are dependant on us. Whenever these MP’s have came to us for voting then we could have demanded the abolition of untouchability first.

Gandhiji was never a mahatma, but the brahmanical press media made him mahatma. Gandhiji often spoke about abolition of untouchability in the newspapers. But that were limited only upto newspaper and not in praticality. He himself was practicing untouchability in the scavenger’s area by not drinking even water from their houses. He used to drink milk of goat only. Gandhiji was the originator of antireservation movement. Gandhiji was saying that he wants bhangi to become president of India. But there was lot of difference in his saying and practicing. One example will prove the factual situation. Once one graduate scavenger wrote a letter to Gandhiji seeking his consideration to become member of constituent assembly and to represent his community. Gandhiji inturn replied to that graduate scavenger (even he published this answer in his newspaper-Harijan) that I am nobody to help this guy as I am not a member of congress party. But I can help him in utilizing his servicees in enhancing the scavenger’s work or how the scavenging work can be done in a better manner. That means that even Gandhiji wanted to do the scavenging work by graduate scavengers too. This cleary indicates that there was lot of difference in his saying and practicing. From this example one can imagine whether Gandhiji really wanted a scavenger to become president of India.

Before independence their was provincial government and in one of the government there was a Brahmin chief minister called as Babasaheb Kher. He appointed one untouchable named Agnibhoj in his ministry. At that movement Gandhiji was the most angry man and he immidetely wrote a letter to Babasaheb Kher for dismissing the agnibhoj minister. But that Brahmin C.M. refused to dismiss and finally Gandhiji dismissed Babasaheb Kher. These all example proves beyond doubt that Gandhiji was practicing untouchability. Gandhiji used to clean streets in scavengers area, which was not required. But he could have tried to clean the minds of scavengers so then untouchability would have abolished. But he had done nothing like that. Gandhiji was successful in all his attempts due to Brahman-Baniya press media with him. Gandhiji was defeated by Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at the Golmej conference but he succeded in India only due to support of arya-brahmin-bania press media. Gandhiji was successful with his fast into death weapon.