New Delhi [India] July 31 (ANI): After BJP MP Anurag Thakur's caste remarks on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sparked a row in parliament, Former Karnataka CM Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said that the opposition is insulting the whole country by asking for a caste census.
BSP supremo Mayawati criticised both the BJP and Congress over the caste census row in the ongoing parliament session on Wednesday and said that both parties have been fiercely anti-OBC
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday condemned the tweet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi who shared Anurag Thakur's caste remark on Rahul Gandhi on X.
Continuing his attack on BJP, after Anurag Thakur's caste remarks on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said that I will never forget the day when CM's house was cleaned with Gangajal.
After BJP MP Anurag Thakur's caste remarks on Congress leader Rahul Gandhi sparked a row in parliament, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Wednesday said that Thakur did not name anyone and did not ask the caste.
Opposition leaders slammed BJP MP Anurag Thakur over his remarks on the leader of the opposition and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in Parliament and said that he should learn manners.
Anurag Thakur defended the BJP's lotus symbol and launched a scathing attack on the Congress party during the discussion on the Union Budget on Tuesday.
Anurag Thakur entered into a heated argument with Rahul Gandhi during his speech in the Lower House of the Parliament, saying that those whose caste is unknown are speaking on the issue of caste census.
Earlier on Monday, JD(U) leader KC Tyagi demanded that reservation should be included in the ninth schedule of the constitution and said the party is in favour of caste census.
JD(U) leader KC Tyagi on Monday demanded that reservation should be included in the ninth schedule of the constitution and said the party is in favour of caste census
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Tuesday said that Modi government has failed to conduct Census and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's budget speech on Tuesday did not mention funds for decadal Population Census which was supposed to take place in 2021