Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju put forth his grievances regarding the inequality still persisting in the globalised India while launching a book, Marginalization in Globalizing Delhi, at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Wednesday.
Speaking on the occasion, Rijiju said: "Delhi has become a global city. But within Delhi, so many people have been marginalised. It's really agonising to think about the life of the marginalised. I feel there is a huge gap between policy making and research in this country."
After launching the book, Rijiju pointed out, "We've been hearing about removing poverty. But in the process, we've generated the maximum number of poor people in the country. No matter how many good policies and programmes we adopt, unless they reach the people, they have no meaning."
He further said, "As per the UN standard, almost 50 per cent of poor people are Indians. It gives me deep pain to think that after 70 years of independence, we are unable to bring up the basic quality of life for common people."
He added, "Naturally, people are converging to cities such as Delhi. If we can't take take care of Delhi, we can't think of any other city in our nation. Maximum facilities, potential, everything is in Delhi."
