Assembly elections are underway in Haryana and Congress leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party to the Samajwadi Party of the Philippines have used Rahul Gandhi’s statement as an excuse to attack on the reservation issue. Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi hit back on Monday, calling the BJP anti-Bahujan. Rahul said no matter how many lies are spread by the anti-Bahujan BJP, we will not allow reservation to be affected.
Rahul Gandhi said we will not stop until a comprehensive caste census is conducted. Remove the 50% limit on reservations, every class should not get its rights, share and justice and the information obtained from the census should not be the basis for future policy.
Rahul Gandhi further said that Modi did not even dare to say “caste census” and he did not want the Bahujans to get their rights. Let me say it again – this is not a political issue for me. My mission in life is to provide justice to the Bahujans.
What statement did Rahul Gandhi make on reservation in the US?
Let us tell you that Rahul Gandhi is on a US tour this September. He addressed students at Georgetown University in the United States. When the students asked Rahul about reservation in India and asked how long will this reservation last? In this regard, Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress Party will consider ending reservation only when there is no discrimination and fairness in reservation in India. This is no longer the case.
The problem, Rahul said, is that 90% of India’s population cannot participate. We have not cured this disease. That’s the problem. There are a lot of people from upper castes saying what have we done wrong? Why are we punished? And then you think about significantly increasing the supply of some of these things. You think about decentralization.
What is Home Minister Amit Shah’s comment on Rahul’s statement?
Union Home Minister Amit Shah directly attacked the statement of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. Shah said it has become a habit of Rahul Gandhi and the Congress party to oppose divisive forces and make anti-national remarks. Be it anti-national and anti-reservation agenda in Jammu and Kashmir or anti-India rhetoric on foreign platforms. Rahul Gandhi has always hurt the sentiments of the nation.
Shah said Rahul Gandhi’s statement exposed the Congress party’s political tactics of creating rifts over regionalism, religious and linguistic differences. Rahul Gandhi once again exposed the anti-reservation side of the Congress when he talked about ending reservation in the country. The thoughts in his mind have been expressed in the form of words. I want to tell Rahul Gandhi that as long as the BJP is here, no one can abolish reservations and no one can play with national security.
What did the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas chief say on Rahul’s statement?
BSP president Mayawati had posted on Twitter that the Congress government did not implement OBC reservation during its long rule at the Centre. The country does not allow caste-based census and now the party dreams of coming to power in this guise. Please be aware of their drama, it will never allow for caste census in future. What they say about increasing the domestic reservation limit from 50% is also a fantasy as this would surely have been done in the previous Congress government if their intentions in the matter were clear. Congress has neither implemented OBC reservation nor SC/ST reservation properly.
Rahul clarifies – I am not against reservation
When the controversy escalated, Rahul Gandhi gave a clarification in Washington DC. Rahul said, “My statement has been distorted.” What we are talking about is different than just the idea of retention. We want to fully understand what’s going on and then implement a range of policies to address it. Reservation is one of them. We will increase bookings to over 50%. I have said it many times and have never been against reservation. My statement against reservations was misrepresented yesterday. But let me make it clear that I am not opposed to reservations. We hope to achieve a booking rate of 50%.
