MP Congress Chief Jitu Patwari pointed out that Rahul Gandhi has been waging a relentless fight for the issue for the past 10 years.
The OBC Cell of the PCC Thursday afternoon organised a seminar on "Boost to the socio-economic elevation of the poor and the downtrodden of society”.
A day after the Central government decided to conduct caste census across the country along with national population count next year, political parties in Bihar are vying with each other to take credit for the move.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has hailed the Centre’s decision to approve the inclusion of caste-based enumeration in the upcoming Census 2025.
Opposition leaders in Maharashtra gave credit to Leader of the Opposition of the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday after the Central government announced that a caste census would be conducted.
Claiming that the decision of the government on caste census is a victory of INDIA bloc’s agenda, Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav called it a matter of great happiness that the Narendra Modi government at the Center has announced caste enumeration along with national census.
The Congress party on Thursday smelled a rat in the intention of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government at the Centre to honestly carry out a time-bound caste-based census.
The BJP-led NDA government's decision to include caste enumeration in the next census came as a surprising move ahead of the Bihar assembly elections.
Nadda said the Union Cabinet under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi has taken a historic decision to include caste-based census in the census.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has welcomed the Central Government's decision to include caste-based data in the upcoming national census, calling it a historic move taken in the collective interest of 140 crore citizens.
