'How many BJP CMs are from OBC?' Rahul Gandhi's push for caste census
PTC News Desk: Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for failing to conduct a caste survey across the country and stating that the PM has been using diversionary techniques to avoid the survey, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi declared that PM Modi is "incapable" of doing the census.
"The PM is incapable of doing the caste census. Our three out of four CMs are from the OBC category. Out of 10 BJP CMs, only one CM is from the OBC category. How many BJP CMs are from the OBC category? The PM doesn't work for the OBCs but to distract them from main issues," Rahul Gandhi stated after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.
Rahul Gandhi stated that PM Modi aims to distract the public and warned that PM Modi will continue to bring up numerous distractions in the coming days.
"PM aims to distract... In the coming times, he will keep bringing up many distractions. This (caste census) is not a political decision but a decision based on justice. There are no political calculations," he further said.
Rahul went on to say, "As I said about COVID-19 in China, I'm saying it again: a caste census will be conducted in the country, and Congress will make it happen."
"We will pressurize the BJP to conduct a caste census because the country needs it. As far as the INDIA alliance is concerned, I think most of the parties will support it. There might be just a few parties who might not support it but we don't have any problem," he said.
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) strongly backed the concept of a caste census in the country, which the Congress leader described as a "progressive and powerful step."
He also stated that the Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan saw it as a critical move.
A CWC meeting was convened at the AICC office in the national capital by Congress.
The meeting was attended by Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress Chief Mallikarjun Kharge, and Congress leaders Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi.
- ANI
