In a 1.19-minute video presentation in Hindi on his official Twitter handle on Thursday, posted with the hashtag 'CongressForAdivasis', the former Congress national president said, "BJP calls you 'vanvasis' (forest dwellers). The Congress says Adivasis are the rightful owners of the country's resources. The differences between them and us is not just in the names we call the Adivasis by but also in our mentalities. We are for the empowerment of Adivasis while they are for torture."