Will thrash those who talk about caste in my area: Nitin Gadkari

"We don’t believe in caste. I don’t know how many castes are there at your place but at our place, there is no caste because I have told everyone that I will thrash those who will talk about caste," Gadkari said on Sunday evening.

Union Minister for Water Resources Nitin Gadkari on Thursday said water of three rivers flowing into Pakistan, over which India has full rights under the Indus Water Treaty, will be diverted to Yamuna river

Senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, who has garnered praise for his commendable job as Union Transport Minister from all quarters including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, has send out a stern warning to all political contemporaries saying that that he will thrash those who talk about caste.

"We don’t believe in caste. I don’t know how many castes are there at your place but at our place, there is no caste because I have told everyone that I will thrash those who will talk about caste," Gadkari said on Sunday evening.

The Union Minister made these remarks while addressing a gathering at a programme in Pimpri-Chinchwad in Pune.

During his address, Gadkari opined that society should be free from casteism and communalism, and rather should be based on unity.

"We have to make a society which is free of caste and communalism. In the society there should be no discrimination among poor and rich, no one should be of upper or lower caste," Gadkari was quoted as saying.

He also said that poor and downtrodden are like God and they should be served.  "We should provide the poor and humble with food, cloth and house. Serving the poor is like serving God," he said.

Just a few days back, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi led the Congress party MPs in Lok Sabha in appreciating Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari for the "wonderful" work he has been doing in improving the country's infrastructure.