Rahul Gandhi vows caste census 'within 2 hrs' in poll-bound Chhattisgarh; BJP asks ‘will there be one in your family?’
Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2023: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi visited poll-bound Chhattisgarh on Saturday and announced certain poll promises, which include free education till post-graduation, and ₹4,000 for ‘tendu’ collectors. Congress MP from Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi, addressed election rallies in the Bhanupratappur and Farsgaon towns in the Naxal-hit Bastar division. Rahul Gandhi also promised that caste census will be conducted in the country if the Congress is voted to power.
He added the census will commence within two hours of Congress assuming power in Lok Sabha. Gandhi asked if Prime Minister Narendra Modi brings up ‘OBC’ (other backward class) in his speeches, then why he is scared of a caste census. “When the Congress-led UPA government was in power, it had carried out a caste census to ascertain the types of castes and sub-castes residing in the country and their population but PM Modi and BJP didn’t reveal its report and kept it hidden," he said.
The two seats are among the 20 constituencies that will see polling on November 7 in the first phase of the Chhattisgarh elections. The second phase will be held on November 17. Meanwhile, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad says, “Rahul Gandhi doesn't do any homework.
Whatever chit he will be given, he will hold it...nowadays, a chit of caste census has been given to him. I want to ask Rahul Gandhi, will there be a caste census inside your family?" "Competition inside your family is increasing, and your workers are taking your sister everywhere now...people know your ability, you are in your position because you're the son of Rajiv Gandhi and grandson of Indira Gandhi", the BJP MP. “We are going to take a major step for you which we call 'KG to PG'.
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