Congress did not implement Mandal commission report, says BSP chief Mayawati in Telangana
BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday took a veiled dig at Rahul Gandhi, saying a senior leader of the Congress party is vociferously seeking a caste-based census now but the Congress governments in the past did not accept the demand of OBCs to provide reservation to them on the lines of SCs and STs.
She also criticised the NDA government at the Centre for not giving separate quota to SC, ST and OBCs in the Women's Reservation bill which was recently passed in Parliament.
Addressing an election rally at Peddapalli in Telangana, Mayawati recalled that those from most backward class had sought reservation benefits like SCs and STs, from the Congress, which was in power for a long period after India gained independence.
«With a view to getting votes of SC, ST, OBCs, a senior leader of Congress is now campaigning in his election meetings that caste census should be conducted,» she said.
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- "… these people are talking about caste census (now). When Congress was in power for long after Independence, people belonging to most backward class had demanded reservation for them also like SC and ST," she added.
Referring to the reports of Kaka Kalelkar Commission and Mandal Commission recommending reservations for the OBCs, Mayawati said they were not implemented by the Congress.
The BSP leader recollected that her party held
