Bhopal: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday once again reiterated his party's commitment to holding a caste census. The Wayanad MP also targeted the Prime Minister alleging that the PM doesn't say a word about caste census.
"I told Prime Minister Modi many times to get the caste census conducted across the country. But he doesn't say a word about the caste census. Rather he says that there is no caste in the country. If we come to power in the state, we guarantee that we will conduct a caste census. Everybody needs to know about their strength in the country", Gandhi said while addressing a poll campaign in Neemuch.
"The government in the state is run by Shivraj Singh Chouhan along with his 53 officers. Out of those 53 officers, there is only one OBC officer. Can you think how much of the decision-making power rests with him? It is 0.33%. He makes decisions on 0.33% of your total budget. Now look at their population, it is more than 50%. The OBC Class is being denigrated", he added.
Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the state government, Rahul Gandhi said, "PM Modi and CM Shivraj keep claiming that it is the government of the OBCs. They don't assign any task to that one OBC officer".
The opposition MPs of the newly established INDIA bloc have been demanding a caste census throughout the country claiming that it would be conducive to policy-making for different groups in society according to their population.
On the other hand, the BJP-led central government has been claiming that the caste census would create "division" in society.
Madhya Pradesh is going to polls on November 17 for 230 Assembly constituencies. The counting of votes will take place on December 3.
