Sagar: The Congress will conduct a caste census in Madhya Pradesh after winning the assembly polls in the state, said party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Tuesday, accusing the regime at the Centre of wishing to change the Constitution.
He was addressing a public rally in Sagar in MP’s Bundelkhand region.
Assembly polls are expected to be held in the BJP-ruled state at the end of the year.
“Some people are trying to change the Constitution. This is not possible because 140 crore people of the country are in support of the protection of the Constitution,” Kharge said remembering Dr BR Ambedkar, who was born in MP’s Mhow.
Kharge criticised the ruling BJP for “remembering” Sant Ravidas, a revered figure for Scheduled Castes, during elections.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently laid the foundation of a Rs 100 crore memorial-cum-temple of Sant Ravidas in Sagar district. As per the 2011 Census, the population of Dalits in MP was 1.13 crore.
“Modi ji is in power for the last nine years while Chouhan (Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan) is ruling the state for the last 18 years. They remembered Ravidas only at the time of the polls,” Kharge said.
Citing a newspaper report, Kharge claimed that the BJP demolished a temple of Sant Ravidas in Delhi.
He announced that the Congress will set up a university in the name of Sant Ravidas in Sagar district if voted to power in Madhya Pradesh.(with PTI inputs)
