New Delhi, March 16 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Priyanka Chaturvedi welcomed Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's statement on the 'caste discrimination' and said the leaders should inculcate this idea among the people.

She added that Maharashtra is facing backlash due to such politics because of the BJP and expected that Gadkari's words will also be endorsed by other ministers of the Union cabinet.

Gadkari addressed a convocation ceremony event at the Central India Group of Institutions in Nagpur on Saturday and emphasised the importance of equality and rejecting caste-based politics.

"I totally endorse what he is saying, and this is the kind of thought process that we should as leaders should be inculcating in the society, simply because we ...