Congress' defeat in Hindi heartland has regional parties worried it will reconsider caste census ahead of 2024
Congress’ failure to translate the caste census issue into electoral dividends in the assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.
BJP’s good show in the three states has apparently posed a new challenge for these parties that were planning to bank on this issue for their electoral gains in the coming 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
Most of the leaders of these political parties are now desperately waiting for the Congress party’s future stand on the caste census issue. They fear that the Congress may have a relook at this issue in the new situation emerging post announcement of the poll results.
Most of the leaders, associated with these parties, said the demand for caste census can’t become a national issue without support from the Congress.
They feel that people vote on national issues in the Lok Sabha polls as has been the trend since 2014.
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- “I think the RJD-JDU combine has tried to protect its old support base in Bihar by returning to its caste agenda. This issue is not in tune with the political character of the Congress. So, the Congress may relook at this issue after the results of assembly polls of the three states,” said a source in the JDU. According to him, the main challenge his party faces is to ensure the unanimous stand of all the allies of the INDIA bloc over the caste census.
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