NEW DELHI: A day after the Union Cabinet approved the inclusion of caste-based data collection in the upcoming national census, posters featuring Congress leader Rahul Gandhi were put up outside the party headquarters in Delhi, highlighting his persistent demand for a caste census .
One of the posters featuring Rahul Gandhi read, "Kaha tha na, Modi ji ko 'jaati janganana' karvani hi padegi, hum karva kar rahenge!"
(I had said it, didn't I — Modi ji will have to conduct the caste census, and we will make sure it happens!)
"Jhukti hai duniya, jhukane wala chahiye"
"(The world bows—what it needs is someone who can make it bow.)
Posters were also seen outside the RJD office, congratulating party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and senior leader Tejashwi Yadav.
Reacting to the Cabinet’s move, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday welcomed the decision but pressed for a definitive schedule to complete the exercise, describing the development as merely the “first step” toward broader social reform .
“We welcome the decision, but we need to know how much time it will take to conclude the census,” Gandhi told reporters on Wednesday. He added that political and public pressure had played a significant role in forcing the government's hand. “We have shown we can pressure the government,” he said.
Citing the Congress party’s consistent stand, Gandhi said, “We had said in the Parliament that we will make caste census happen. We had also said that we would scrap the 50% cap, the artificial wall that is in place. Narendra Modi used to say that there are just four cases. Don’t know what happened but suddenly after 11 years, caste census has been announced.”
One of the posters featuring Rahul Gandhi read, "Kaha tha na, Modi ji ko 'jaati janganana' karvani hi padegi, hum karva kar rahenge!"
(I had said it, didn't I — Modi ji will have to conduct the caste census, and we will make sure it happens!)
"Jhukti hai duniya, jhukane wala chahiye"
"(The world bows—what it needs is someone who can make it bow.)
Posters were also seen outside the RJD office, congratulating party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and senior leader Tejashwi Yadav.
Reacting to the Cabinet’s move, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday welcomed the decision but pressed for a definitive schedule to complete the exercise, describing the development as merely the “first step” toward broader social reform .
“We welcome the decision, but we need to know how much time it will take to conclude the census,” Gandhi told reporters on Wednesday. He added that political and public pressure had played a significant role in forcing the government's hand. “We have shown we can pressure the government,” he said.
Citing the Congress party’s consistent stand, Gandhi said, “We had said in the Parliament that we will make caste census happen. We had also said that we would scrap the 50% cap, the artificial wall that is in place. Narendra Modi used to say that there are just four cases. Don’t know what happened but suddenly after 11 years, caste census has been announced.”
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