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Rajnath Singh Criticizes Congress over Caste Census Strategy
Nov-15-2024

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticized the Congress and its leader Rahul Gandhi for their promise to conduct a ‘caste census’ and called it as a political tactic.

Addressing a rally in Jharkhand's Mahagama, Rajnath Singh demanded a detailed plan from the Congress for distributing reservation benefits across the country's diverse castes and sub-castes. Drawing on data from a 2011 socio-economic caste census, Singh highlighted the complexity of the issue, pointing to the existence of approximately 46 lakh castes, sub-castes, and gotras, including 1,200 Scheduled Castes, over 750 Scheduled Tribes, and about 2,500 Other Backward Classes. Singh also questioned how Congress would manage reservation quotas among India's numerous castes and sub-castes. 

Slamming the Rahul Gandhi, Defence Minister said, ‘He should answer how many castes reside in India. Politics should be about serving the people, not just forming a government’. He also accused the Congress party of engaging in opportunistic politic, claiming that the party has historically ruined alliances with regional partners such as RJD in Bihar, JKNC in Jammu & Kashmir, and now it is the turn of DMK in Tamil Nadu. Singh added that congress uses these alliances to attain power, but ultimately it harms its partners.

Rajnath Sing also alleged that the ruling JMM-Congress-RJD coalition in Jharkhand had engaged in widespread corruption, even going as far as taking bribes for issuing death certificates. Singh also exuded confident of the BJP's success in Jharkhand elections, predicting a two-thirds majority. He pointed to a 3 per cent increase in voter turnout as an indicator of strong support for the NDA government in the state, signalling a stable and corruption-free future under the BJP.


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