Congress forgot its history, BJP bowed to public pressure: Maya

The Congress will soon revive its dissolved other backward classes (OBC) department in the state and elsewhere.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW:

The move comes when the party is working out a roadmap to reach out to the people to push its social justice agenda that got an impetus following the Union government's announcement to hold a caste-based enumeration as part of the next decadal census.

The Congress had dissolved its state OBC department on February 27, 2025 to pave the way for reconstituting the party's front wing that works under the umbrella of the main organisation, which is also undergoing a revamp.

"We will constitute the state backward classes department in the state in the next few weeks. The caste census is a part of the Congress's social justice agenda being pushed for achieving the objective of having an equitable society. We will retain those who have been actively working in the past," said Anil Jaihind, chairman of the All India Congress Committee's OBC department.

Manoj Yadav, who headed the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee OBC department as its chairman at the time of dissolution, said he has been asked to continue till alternative arrangements. Yadav may be appointed UP OBC department chairman again, those aware of the development said.