‘We Belong To Rajiv Gandhi Period’: Rahul’s Push For Caste Census Exposes Congress’ Dilemma – News18
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What’s worrying some leaders is that the endeavour of the Congress to courtroom youth could possibly be compromised other than dropping out on higher caste votes additional
Not everybody within the Congress is impressed with the push for caste census. (PTI)
The absences inform the true story of discomfort within the Congress over the caste census. On the CWC assembly known as only a day after the federal government gave its nod to the caste census, a few empty chairs didn’t go unnoticed. These lacking in attendance have been Manish Tewari, Shashi Tharoor, Anand Sharma, and Ramesh Chennithala to call a number of.
On the CWC, the members lauded Rahul Gandhi and his marketing campaign which “compelled” the federal government to pay heed to him. The occasion has huge plans for the follow-up. It’s going to insist {that a} timeline be set and likewise the Telangana mannequin be adopted. Nevertheless, the few absentees and a number of the leaders, principally from North, are cautious of this stress on caste census.
A senior chief instructed News18: “We belong to the Rajiv Gandhi slogan days—‘Na Jaat Ki Na Paat Ki, Mohar Lagegi Haath Pe’ [Neither caste nor creed, we will pick the hand (Congress symbol)]. The Congress needed to avoid caste politics. So, we will’t alter to the brand new Congress slogan.”
In reality, some who talked about that the Congress Ahmedabad decision—which spoke strongly in favour of caste census—was in opposition to the fundamental and traditional grain of the occasion, have been pulled up. Sources say each Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge questioned why these points weren’t raised on the AICC session.
What’s worrying a few of these leaders is that the endeavour of the Congress to look progressively for the youth could possibly be compromised. Greater than that, it might lose out on the higher caste votes additional, which have been anyway slipping away from the Grand Previous Occasion. In lots of state elections, the Congress has moaned the lack of, say, Brahmin votes; this is able to be additional pushed away. Additionally, Congress leaders belonging to the higher castes—like Brahmins in UP, Punjab and even down South—would discover this obsession with caste census troublesome to elucidate to their vote financial institution. Latest statistics present that about 79 per cent of higher caste votes stay principally with the BJP, whereas solely about 16 per cent are with the Opposition. The determine is even decrease for the Congress.
The leaders summed it up for News18: “Since nobody was prepared to pay attention, it was finest to remain away.”
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