Rahul Gandhi promises ‘X-ray’ caste census in Telangana if Congress wins polls
Telangana for the upcoming assembly polls to be held on 30 November. During an election rally Gandhi promised conducting a caste census if Congress is voted to power.
Addressing corner meetings on the way from Bhupalpally to Peddapalli during the Congress' ongoing 'Vijayabheri' Yatra in the state, Rahul Gandhi accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of not speaking on the issue. Rahul Gandhi said the biggest issue in the country is with regard to caste census and termed it an "X-ray" that will throw light on the condition of Dalits, tribals and OBCs, and added it will also determine how the country's funds are being distributed.
He asked the people to question Modi and KCR as to when they will conduct the caste census, and said if the Congress is voted to power in Telangana then the first work his party's government will do is to take up "X-ray" in the state. He said Congress-ruled states-Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Karnataka- have been told to conduct caste census.
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