New Delhi, June 10 -- Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan denounced Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi's views on caste, alleging that the Congress leader's approach lacked a deeper grassroots understanding of India's complex social realities and risked promoting divisiveness rather than solutions.

Speaking exclusively with ANI on Wednesday, Kalyan said caste remains a social reality in India, but argued that reducing every issue to a caste lens oversimplifies problems that often require administrative and governance-based solutions.

"The problem is with Mr Rahul Gandhi. Even if you have to be a doctor, this kind of argument comes into it without knowing the deeper context. I think...