New Delhi:
Amid the voices being raised within the favour of conducting a nationwide caste census from the Congress, celebration chief Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday stated that the caste system has been in our fundamental construction for hundreds of years and we can’t escape this, therefore Congress is demanding the conduct of a caste-based census.
He additional questioned whether or not demanding a caste census is casteism.
Congress chief Jairam Ramesh stated, “Is bringing a social empowerment a casteism? Is safeguarding the Structure a casteism? Is demanding for caste census a casteism? Caste system has been in our fundamental construction for the centuries. We can’t escape this. Congress celebration is saying that conduct a caste census. The second factor that we’re saying is to implement the provisions talked about within the Structure.”
Mr Ramesh additional demanded for an modification within the Structure to extend the reservation restrict from 50 %.
“The Supreme Court docket has talked about that the restrict for reservations can be 50 %. However, we’re saying that when the inhabitants of SC, ST, and OBCs is greater than 50 % then take away this restrict and produce an modification within the Structure…We don’t want any certification of nationalism from them (the PM and Union House Minister)…” he stated.
Earlier within the day, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge stated that the celebration is demanding a caste census to usher in welfare measures.
He stated, “We’re demanding a caste census to usher in welfare measures. This doesn’t imply that we aren’t patriotic. They’ve all the time labored towards the nation and the structure… Patriotic individuals are solely there in Congress. These have been the individuals who bowed down in entrance of the British for his or her lives.”
A number of opposition events in India together with Congress, RJD, NCP-SCP, and so on. have a longstanding demand for conduction of a caste-based census in India, that revolves across the want for correct knowledge on the inhabitants of various caste teams.
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