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"Congress Party stands firmly with our armed forces": Jairam Ramesh hails
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Earlier, the Indian Armed Forces successfully struck nine terror targets using special precision munitions in a coordinated operation called Operation Sindoor, destroying four in Pakistan, including Bahawalpur, Muridke, and Sialkot, and five in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
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Congress President has asked PM for comprehensive caste census questionnai
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
"The Congress president had written to Prime Minister that a caste census is necessary to take place. He had requested that the national census be done as soon as possible too, which was supposed to happen in 2021, and in that caste census be done too, he had written on 16 April. We did not
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Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury credits Rahul Gandhi for caste cens
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress' Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday credited party leader Rahul Gandhi for the centre's decision to conduct caste census with general census, saying that the "ruling party had to bow down" in front of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha's firm stand.
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"Sudden, complete, and desperate U-turn": Congress MP Jairam Ramesh critic
Updated : 10 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Sunday sharply criticized Prime Minister Narendra Modi for what he described as a 'sudden and desperate U-turn' on caste census in India. His remarks came after the central government announced that caste enumeration would be part of the upcoming national census,
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"Finally bowed to public pressure": Jairam Ramesh on Centre's approval of
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
Crediting the efforts made by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition (LoP) Rahul Gandhi and other activists and organisations, Ramesh pointed out that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opposes every "good" policy and adopts it when met with public pressure.
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Jairam Ramesh gets nostaglic as PM Modi inagurates Vizhinjam Port, recalls
Updated : 10 months, 4 weeks ago IST
"As the PM dedicates Vizhinjam Port to the nation today, my mind goes back to June 13, 2011 when the-then CM of Kerala Oommen Chandy and the Thiruvananthapuram MP Dr Shashi Tharoor invited me to visit the site to set the ball rolling," Ramesh posted on X.
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Congress's Jairam Ramesh slams Centre's caste census plan, calls it "headl
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Echoing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's call for a clear roadmap and timeline for the caste enumeration in the forthcoming census, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh on Thursday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for just providing a "headline without a deadline" on the matter.
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"Need anything more be said?": Congress MP Jairam Ramesh recalls Kharge's
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Following the Union Government decision to include caste enumeration in the upcoming census, Congress MP Jairam Ramesh referred to a letter written by Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge back in April 2023 to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the need for an "up-to-date Caste Census,"
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"This is the victory of crores of people of India": Jairam Ramesh on Centr
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh has termed the Centre's decision to conduct a caste census "the victory of crores of people of India". He added that when his party's leader Rahul Gandhi said "caste census is the X-ray of society," the BJP "ridiculed him, ignored him."
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Caste census will help frame policies for downtrodden people, says WB BJP
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Union Minister and West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar on Wednesday welcomed the inclusion of caste-based data in the national census, stating that it would help shape government policies aimed at uplifting the downtrodden.
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"Time and again, PM Modi kept avoiding implementing this": Mallikarjun Kha
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The Congress National President further emphasized that in the absence of caste census, the implementation of meaningful social justice and empowerment programmes is incomplete.
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"Better late than never": Jairam Ramesh after Union Cabinet's decision to
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Briefing the media about the decisions taken by the Union Cabinet, Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that some states have done caste surveys and conducting a census is in the domain of the central government.
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