Chandigarh, Aug 26 (PTI) Congress leader Kumari Selja Monday promised to conduct a caste census in Haryana if her party is voted to power in the assembly polls.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the Congress general secretary and Sirsa MP claimed that 74 per cent of the country’s people have endorsed the demand for a caste-based census.<\/p>\n
“The BJP, which is anti-Dalit and anti-reservation, should stop dreaming of blocking this,” Selja said.<\/p>\n
“Once the Congress forms the government in the state, a caste-based census will be conducted,” the former Union Minister added.<\/p>\n
Haryana goes to polls on October 1 and the Congress is eyeing to wrest power from the BJP.<\/p>\n
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi had on Sunday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to fulfil the nation’s demand for a caste census immediately, otherwise he would see the next PM do it.<\/p>\n
No power can stop a nationwide caste census, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha had said on X in Hindi, tagging a post by the Congress on a “mood of the nation poll” by a media group which said 74 per cent of people in August said a caste census must be conducted, up from the 59 per cent in February this year.<\/p>\n
Gandhi’s remarks came a day after he pressed the demand for a nationwide caste census and said 90 per cent of the people in the country were sitting out of the system and the step should be taken in their interest.<\/p>\n
He also said that for the Congress, the “caste census” is the foundation and a tool for policy-making.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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