Rajnath Singh attacks Rahul Gandhi for caste census promise, says Cong misleads people
Rahul Gandhi for promising of caste census if Congress is voted to power, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday accused the party of misleading people and wondered why it did not carry out the exercise when the grand old party ruled the country. Addressing an election rally in Jharkhand's Khunti, Singh also alleged that the law and order situation in the state has gone from bad to worse because of infiltration from Bangladesh under the patronisation of the JMM-led government.
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«In 2011, a socio-economic caste census was conducted in which around 46 lakh castes, sub-castes and gotras were found. This number was so huge that the report was not even made public at that time. According to the social welfare ministry, there were around 1200 Scheduled Castes (SC), over 750 Scheduled Tribes (ST) and around 2,500 Other Backward Classes (OBCs),» the veteran BJP leader said.
Referring to Rahul Gandhi, Singh said that a Congress leader is misleading people by claiming to conduct a caste census if the party forms government.
«Who the Congress wants to benefit by opening this caste box. I want to ask Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge about the party's blueprint for the welfare of thousands of castes. What arrangements will it make for reservation for different castes? It all should be made public,» the union minister said.
He also wondered why the Congress did not
