Condemning the death of the national president of Rashtriya Rajput Karni Sena, Sukhdev Singh Gogamedi in Jaipur, Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) called it an "unfortunate" and demanded immediate action into the incident.
Several leaders including AAP MP Raghav Chadha whose suspension was revoked in the Rajya Sabha, Congress MP Pramod Tiwari, TMC MP Derek O'Brien, LoP in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Jairam Ramesh are present in the meeting.
Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Tuesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi over 'caste politics' and said that out of four states, where the grand old party has formed government 75 per cent of Chief Ministers are from the OBC community.
Pramod Tiwari made the remark while talking to the reporters in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior district on Saturday in view of a BJP leader's remark of comparing Congress's devotion to Lord Ram with Kalnemi (an asura in Hindu mythology).
"They (Central government) should do it. The Bihar government has done. They have passed the Women's Reservation Bill, which will be implemented ten or fifteen years later, or maybe not. A caste-based census should be done. This is what the Congress and people of INDIA alliance are saying,"
Congress leader Pramod Tiwari on Saturday said that the BJP at the Centre is using central agencies as its 'frontal organisation' and that the Enforcement Directorate's claims against Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is a 'drama'.
As of now, caste census is the need of the country because the nation will not be able to progress as long as there are some groups in the country who are not as uplifted, said Tiwari.
"A day before yesterday PM Modi came (to Rajasthan) and saw that they'll lose there. PM Modi trusts ED, CBI and Income Tax more than he trusts his party's frontal organisation. This (ED) is the army deployed by BJP," said Pramod Tiwari.
"The Women Reservation Bill is a dream for Sonia Gandhi, she want this bill to be implemented and women to benefit from it. I consider her a champion for this benefit of women. The promise of the bill is like a Bhajpa shop, that is going to be shut down. More like a "clearance sale". The bil
Congress president and Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday said that the Opposition will fully cooperate with the debate on the Women's Reservation Bill while questioning the “intentions” of Centre in bringing the Bill.