"Democracy can never be strengthened by dividing the society. I believe that the society as a whole can progress by unity and social harmony. Ram Manohar Lohia dictum 'dam bandho (fix prices), jati todo (break caste)' is needed in contemporary times," He added.
There are many reasons not to vote for Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), said Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Wednesday while stressing that for his party there are no "magic bullets" but good governance to offer.
Addressing a rally in Madhya Pradesh's Shahdol district, Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday laid thrust on caste census and said it would be among the top priorities of the government if Congress voted to power in the forthcoming assembly polls.
While speaking to the media in Patna, Chief Minister Kumar made a reference to the state's caste survey and said, "What we have done is being discussed in other states as well. Once the (house) Assembly session begins, we will put forth (all the data), including economical conditions of each
Speaking on the 2024 Vidhan Sabha elections, Mishra said the CM Naveen Patnaik-led state government has failed the people of the state, and the BJP in the upcoming election will bring 147 seats.
"Their (Congress) government was at the Centre for ten years. Rahul Gandhi remembers everything when his party is in the opposition. His father and his grandmother all were in power. Now they are remembering all this (the issue of caste census)," Pralhad Joshi said while speaking to ANI.
"How many Dalits are there in this room.. how many OBCs are there in the room, raise your hands...," Rahul Gandhi asked at the press conference after the Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting here.
The party, in its resolution, promised to conduct a nationwide Caste Census, implement OBC quota within women's quota and bring in a law to remove the 50 per cent cap to ensure reservation for OBCs, SCs and STs in line with the commensurate share of the population once it comes to power a
After the Congress Working Committee supported the caste census, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) OBC Morcha National President K Laxman called it "drama" saying that Congress just wanted to do politics over caste.
Taking on Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not conducting a caste survey across the country and alleging that the PM has been employing diversionary tactics to avoid the survey, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said that PM Modi is "incapable" of doing the caste census.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that the Congress Working Committee (CWC) unanimously supported the idea of a caste census in the country and called it a "progressive and powerful step."