New delhi:
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday Hit out at Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi for Stressing The Need for a Caste Census, A Day after the Rae Bareli Mp Said The Exercise Will Hell Hell Hell Hell Hell Hell of Inequality and Discrimination “in the Country.
“At the Kumbh Mela, No One Asked About Caste. No one insulted anyone. No one go dengue or malaria Talk about Caste? ” BJP mp dinesh sharma said.
“You (Gandhi) have lost. The more you will ask, the more you will lose,” He added, referring to the Congress’s loss in the Lok Sabha Elections Last Year. The Congress had promised to condul a nationwide census if it was voted to power.
On Chiursday Evening, Mr Gandhi said a caste census is an “Important step towards bringing out the truth of inquality” and alliged there opposing a caste census do not want the “trurth” to be revealed.
He made the remarks in a post along with a video of his interaction with former university grants commission Chairman and Academician Sukhdeo Thorat.
The battle for stake continued 98 years ago.
On 20 March 1927, Babasaheb Ambedkar directly challenged caste discrimination through Mahad Satyagraha. It was not only for the right of water, but a battle of equality and respect.
Eminent academics, economists, experts of Dalit subjects and… pic.twitter.com/ntpznvxs9c
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 20, 2025
“I had a detailed discussion with Prof Thorat, A Well-KNOWN Academician, Economist, Expert on Dalit issues and Member of the Study Committee on Caste Caste Caste Census in Telangana, on the mahad satyagraha and the oninging Struggle of Dalits for Access to Administration, Education, Bureaucracy and Resources, “The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Saabha Said in the post in Hindi.
On March 20, 1927, Ambedkar had directly challenged caste discrimination through the mahad satyagraha, mr Gandhi said. “It was not just a fight for the right to water, but for equality and respect.
In his interaction with mr thorat, the Congress mp spoke about the importance of the mahad satyagraha and the struggle of dalits for access to government, education, bureaucracy and resources.
The Congress Leader also criticized The Country’s Merit-Based System, Calling It “Deeply Flawed” and “Unfair” Unfair “Towards Dalits, Other Backward Classes (OBCS) and TRIBALS. “There is a complete flwed concept of merit where I confuse my social position with my capability. For anyone to say that our education system or education system or bureaucratic entry sysstems activated, obcs, Tribals is a complete Fallacy because they are culturally disconnected from these institutions, “He said.
The merit system is based on an “upper-caste narrative”, He said.