THE JHARKHAND STORY DESK
Neemuch, Nov 13: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi again reiterated his party’s commitment to conducting a caste census on Monday. He also took aim at the Prime Minister, accusing him of staying silent on the issue of a caste census.
“I told Prime Minister Modi many times to get the caste census conducted across the country. But he doesn’t say a word about the caste census. Rather he says that there is no caste in the country. If we come to power in the state, we guarantee that we will conduct a caste census. Everybody needs to know about their strength in the country”, stated Gandhi during a poll campaign event in Neemuch, Madhya Pradesh.
“The government in the state is run by Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with his 53 officers. Out of those 53 officers, there is only one OBC officer. Can you think how much of the decision-making power rests with him? It is 0.33%. He makes decisions on 0.33% of your total budget. Now look at their population, it is more than 50%. The OBC Class is being denigrated”, he added.
Rahul Gandhi attacked the state administration and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying, “PM Modi and CM Shivraj keep claiming that it is the government of the OBCs. They don’t assign any task to that one OBC officer”.
The opposition members of parliament from the recently formed INDIA bloc have been calling for a nationwide caste census, arguing that it will help determine policies for various social groupings based on population numbers.
Conversely, the central government led by the Bharatiya Janata Party has maintained that the caste census will bring about “division” in society.
