Congress would break the 50% reservation cap: Rahul

The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Wednesday reiterated his call for the caste-based census and declared that the Congress would break the wall of 50 per cent reservation cap.

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In an address at the Congress convention in Ahmedabad, LoP Rahul Gandhi invoked the historical roots of the party and drew from the party’s rich legacy, highlighting two landmark milestones.

“One hundred years ago, Mahatma Gandhi became Congress president. And 150 years ago, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was born. These two great leaders are the very foundation of the Congress Party,” said LoP Rahul Gandhi.

Positioning himself as a leader working for the marginalised and the poor, he said, “I am working for the backward classes.” LoP Rahul Gandhi also emphasised the party’s revolutionary step in Telangana, where it initiated a caste census.

“We needed to know who holds how much share in this country’s resources. If a CM lies to us in Parliament, you must conduct a caste census. The nation must know how many Dalits, backward communities, and poor people from the general category exist,” said LoP Rahul Gandhi.

Criticising the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), LoP Rahul Gandhi said that PM Modi and the RSS have made it clear they don’t want a caste census.