Congress divided on caste census? Abhishek Manu Singhvi warns against ‘majoritarianism’, later deletes post
Abhishek Manu Singhvi enlightened via a social media post about the consequences of providing rights based on the population ‘jitni abadi utna haq’, emphasising that it will lead to ‘majoritarianism’. “Equality of opportunity is never the same as equality of outcomes.
People endorsing #jitniabadiutnahaq have to first completely understand the consequences of it. It will eventually culminate into majoritarianism," Singhvi had written on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).
The ‘jitni abadi utna haq’ slogan has been coined by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and was perpetrated after Bihar's Nitish Kumar Government released the Bihar caste-based census on Monday. However, Singhvi later deleted the controversial post on microblogging site ‘X’, blaming it on his staff.
"Careless forward by a staff which was deleted with a slight time lag when I came out of a felicitation function in the SC and saw it and thereafter deleted immediately," Singhvi told news agency PTI. He also said that he supports caste census on the basis of which rights would be determined proportionately.
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