Speakingin the Lok Sabha against the no-confidence motion on 20 July, home minister Rajnath Singh hailed the historic roots of democracy in India. As part of his speech, he invoked Chandragupta Maurya, the founder of the Mauryan Empire (321-297 BCE).
Other OBC communities such as Shakya, Saini and Mauryas are also upset. They are all agriculturist castes. Sainis are also known as Malis because their caste profession is gardening. Mauryas are also known as Murao, and the community is traditionally involved in growing vegetables. Kushwahas are also known as Koeris, and are traditionally agriculturists, as are Shakyas.
These peasant communities are well-off as compared to Gadariyas, who are generally poor. They often own some land and have been politically assertive in recent years. Kushwahas, Shakyas, Sainis and Mauryas are similar in their social and political status, and are thus finding common ground with each other. Particularly in Bihar, they have benefited from the reservation policies of Nitish Kumar, who targeted such communities politically.
The BJP has been at the forefront of the project that involves making Chandragupta Maurya a Kushwaha icon. Before the Bihar elections in 2015, the party had launched a campaign hailing Chandragupta Maurya as a Kushwaha.
this is all bull shit,great chandragupt maurya and ashoka as well was a suryavanshi kshatriya which was mentioned in all the documents written in many books of buddhism. rajnath singh is opposing caste belonging to him only.
Those, who does not respect The great Ashoka Maurya, either proves to be not Indian or they believed to be Indian Chamar. The signature is being royal emblem of India which is embedded on Indian currency as well in every head gear of yodhas. Hence here after stop all. Those are bastard who opposes Mauryans to be royal.
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It is all irrelevant things to discuss now. The old history never looked down any people on their profession. Actually the society was never divided on the caste basis but it is clearly a functional orientation. Switching over from one Varna to another is not a taboo. Thus, the discussion that Maurya belonged to a particular caste is rubbish and may give a second run to the castiest evil Lalu .Better stop it.
Some people are only searching for wrong thing in right perspective to become leaders in the name of caste or religion. Rajnath Singh is one of the highly respectable honest and intelligent leader of the time. So instead of understanding his perspective some morons are creating wrong media hype and unnecessary problem in the country. Mauryas are always integral part of Hindu Religion peaceful and respectable people. Some selfish anti BJP persons are demonstrating their political desires by misinterpreting the statement
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