NEW DELHI: Congress MP and the leader of opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday said that approximately 90% of the population, despite having the required skills and talents, remains disconnected from the system and that’s why there is a demand for a caste census.Speaking in an event at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh, the…
NEW DELHI: BJP MP Kangana Ranaut has not held back her attack on Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his proposal for a nation-wide caste census. The MP from Mandi in her social media post, shared a meme that showed the Congress leader wearing a skull cap, a yellow mark on his forehead, and a…
NEW DELHI: Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday made a strong case for caste census and accused the BJP-RSS of conspiring to hide the caste numbers so that they could keep the dalits, tribals and OBCs backward and snatch away their reservation. A day after BJP MP Anurag Thakur‘s alleged caste attack against Rahul Gandhi…
Former Union minister Anurag Thakur‘s remark that “those whose caste is not known” are talking about caste census sparked an uproar in Lok Sabha on Tuesday with Congress MPs trooping into the well.However, Thakur’s remark, made in the presence of Rahul Gandhi and an articulation of BJP‘s complaint that Congress’s embrace of ‘caste census’ after…
NEW DELHI: Lok Sabha on Tuesday witnessed a massive face-off between the treasury and opposition benches after BJP leader and former Union minister Anurag Thakur targeted leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi over caste census and used a remark, which was later expunged by the Speaker.“OBC ki baat, janganana ki baat bahut ki jati hai. Jiske…
NEW DELHI: Union minister Chirag Paswan, a crucial NDA ally in Bihar, has sought for nationwide caste census on the grounds that it helps the government in formulating schemes for the “upliftment of castes”.However, the LJP (Ram Vilas) leader said he was against making the census data public as it would lead to “division in…
NEW DELHI: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday, slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi alleging that the PM wants to end reservation and has rejected the RJD’s call for a caste census.“Name one BJP-ruling state where there is 75% of reservation. In Bihar, people are aware of the politics. You cannot fool the people here. PM…
NEW DELHI: Stating that PM Narendra Modi is “shaken, panicked and worried” by Congress‘s “revolutionary” manifesto, Rahul Gandhi Wednesday said the first decision of the future party govt will be caste census, which is a must to establish the meagre participation of 90% population of SC/ST/OBCs in the country’s public and private structure. He said…
