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."
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Opposition bloc INDIA engaged in a war of words after the Bihar caste survey was released by the state government, revealing that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBCs) constitute more than 63 per cent of the population of Bih
Talking to the reporters here, Thakur also said that the Opposition has changed its name to 'INDI Alliance' from the UPA as they had to 'hide their corrupt face'.
Union Minister Kaushal Kishore on Sunday took a swipe at the Bihar Government for releasing the caste survey data, saying that it is a 'sub-caste census'.
"Their objective is to loot the country's treasure and practice corruption after coming to power. They should have faith in the court," BJP MP Manoj Tiwari said.