Even Nehru...: BJP counters Rahul Gandhi's 'welcome' reply to caste census

Even Nehru...: BJP counters Rahul Gandhi's 'welcome' reply to caste census

Dharmendra Pradhan said Jawaharlal Nehru was against the idea and had described caste reservation as "anti-progress", accusing the Congress of having historically resisted efforts to empower marginalised communities.

Union Minister Chirag Paswan said, "The reason for my joining politics is Bihar, I want to go back to my state Bihar. I want to do politics in Bihar, not at the Centre. I want such a system to be in Bihar so that the Biharis who have migrated can return to Bihar."

Cong historically opposed to caste census: Shivraj

Bhopal, Apr 30 (PTI) Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday slammed Congress for "jostling" to take credit for the Centre's caste enumeration decision, stating that former PMs Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi had opposed quotas and Mandal Commission.Hailing the Centre's announcement to include caste enumeration in the forthcoming census exercise, Chouhan said it will be done transparently by factoring in the economic and…

Ashwini Vaishnaw trains guns on Congress, INDIA bloc for ‘politicking’ on Caste Census

New Delhi, April 30: Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, while announcing the caste census along with the impending national Census on Wednesday, hit out at the successive Congress governments for refusing to undertake any such exercise since Independence. Addressing a press conference, the Union Minister said that Congress as well as the INDIA bloc have always opposed the idea of caste census and used it as a mere ‘political tool’ to spread misinf…