Cong questions Modi’s silence on caste survey

A day after the Rajasthan government announced caste-based survey in the State, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that it will ensure in making policies for the OBC, SC, and ST communities, and also questioned Prime Minister Narendra Modi on its implementation in BJP-ruled States. He also highlighted how the delegation of OBCs had met Rahul Gandhi during his Bharat Jodo Yatra last year in Rajasthan and demanded for the caste-based census.

Ramesh, who is party’s general secretary communication in-charge in a post in Hindi on X, said, “When Bharat Jodo Yatra was in Rajasthan, delegations of many communities had met Rahul Gandhi. During that time the OBC delegation had specifically raised the demand for caste census. Rahul Gandhi took their words very seriously.”