US EditionCan help design caste census: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘offer’ after Centre’s big decision
- On April 30, 2025, Rahul Gandhi, Congress Leader of Opposition, addressed a press conference in New Delhi offering help to design the caste census after the Centre announced the nationwide caste enumeration.
- The announcement follows longstanding pressure from Congress, which has demanded scrapping the 50 percent reservation cap and inclusion of caste data in the next census to address social justice.
- Gandhi highlighted examples from Bihar and Telangana’s caste surveys, urging the Centre to adopt Telangana’s model and provide a clear timeline, while insisting reservation quotas apply under Article 15.
- He emphasized the need for a census that reflects the population's true demographics rather than one shaped by bureaucratic decisions, called for the elimination of the 50 percent reservation limit as a barrier, and urged the government to take decisive and prompt action without any weakening of its commitments.
- This event marks a significant shift as the Centre adopted Congress’s demand after 11 years, implying potential changes to reservation policy and renewed focus on caste-based socio-economic data collection.
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"World Bows Down...": Congress Poster Claims Credit For Centre's Caste Move
A day after the Centre announced that caste data would be recorded in the next Census, a poster outside the Congress headquarters in Delhi credits party leader Rahul Gandhi with pushing the Narendra Modi government into taking the decision.
We've shown we can pressure BJP, now we want a timeline—Rahul on Centre’s caste census announcement
Over the past few years, a nationwide caste census is one demand that has featured in nearly every public address by Rahul Gandhi, be it in India or abroad, in Parliament or outside.
Can help design caste census: Rahul Gandhi’s ‘offer’ after Centre’s big decision
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday offered his ‘help’ to the central government in designing the caste survey after the Centre announced that the survey will be conducted along with the next census.
‘Jhukti hai duniya’: Rahul Gandhi posters crop up after Center’s caste census nod
NEW DELHI: A day after the Union Cabinet approved the inclusion of Rahul Gandhi were put up outside the party headquarters in Delhi, highlighting his persistent demand for a One of the posters featuring Rahul Gandhi read, “Kaha tha na, Modi ji ko ‘jaati janganana’ karvani hi padegi, hum karva kar rahenge!”(I had said it, didn’t I — Modi ji will have to conduct the caste census, and we will make sure it happens!)“Jhukti hai duniya, jhukane wala c…
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