Amid BJP`s try to nook the grand antique birthday birthday celebration over reservation for Muslims in Karnataka, former leader minister Siddaramaiah stated the Congress is dedicated to growing the reservation restrict from the contemporary 50% to 75%. Making a case for a caste-primarily based totally Census, the senior Congress chief stated his birthday birthday celebration may also boom reservations for all castes primarily based totally on their population.
“Congress birthday birthday celebration is dedicated to growing the reservation restrict from 50% to 75%, and to boom reservation to all castes primarily based totally on their population,” Siddaramaiah, a Kuruba chief and Karnataka’s maximum famous OBC face, stated in a tweet.
With Congress trying to consolidate SC and OBC votes, the birthday birthday celebration has reignited the difficulty of caste census withinside the beyond few days. Senior Congress chief Rahul Gandhi made an competitive pitch for a caste-primarily based totally census and the elimination of fifty in step with cent ceiling on quota in his latest speech in Karnataka’s Kolar, in a bid to show the tables at the BJP that were gunning for him over his 2019 “Modi surname” comments alleging that he insulted OBCs.
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the equal problem. Several competition events have considering then raised the pitch for a caste-primarily based totally census withinside the us of a and presenting reservations to SCs, STs, and OBCs primarily based totally on their population.
The Bihar authorities is already undertaking a caste-primarily based totally survey following after a decision changed into surpassed unanimously withinside the nation assembly. While the BJP unit in Bihar had supported the decision, the BJP’s important management is but to reply to the call for for a socio-monetary and caste census now raised via way of means of the Congress birthday birthday celebration.
Bihar leader minister Nitish Kumar stated the survey record could assist the authorities in higher implementation of welfare schemes for socially and economically deprived groups.
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav currently stated that it will likely be an critical problem for the 2024 parliamentary elections and is getting assist from nearby events.
“‘Ram Rajya’ and ‘Samajwad’ is handiest viable if a caste-primarily based totally census will take place. Only with the caste-primarily based totally census Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas will happen, it’s going to carry brotherhood, give up discrimination, and improve democracy,” he stated.