Minister of the Union and head of LJP (RAMVILAS) Chirag Paswan. File | Photo Credit: PTI
Praise Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the decision of the center to include a list of castes in the next census, the head of LJP (RAMVILAS) and the Minister of Trade Union Chirag Paswan said it was needed for hours.
When Mr. Paswan focused on a press conference, he intervened for court and claimed that the step was taken under their pressure.
He chose the leader of the opposition and Congress Head of Rahula Gandhi and accused him of using this problem for election benefits, although the governments of Congress on Wednesday and the state in the past, when they were in power, did nothing.
Mr. Paswan also said he was often turned to divergence in his opinion on caste with his ally BJP. While Mr. Paswan defended castes, BJP, until Wednesday’s announcement, stood against him and claimed that Caste Count would be dividing.
“Yesterday, the NDA government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a very important decision. It was a need for hours,” the minister said.
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This will help bring those parts of society that have not adopted any benefits of government programs or reservation policy into the mainstream, said Mr. Paswan. “Rahul Gandhi’s party has been in power for many years, and three members of his family were prime minister in independent India. But they did not take any steps to organize the census, said.”
Mr. Paswan called caste surveys conducted in the Karnataka and Telangana congress as a non -transparent and motivated policy. He rejected the opposition accusation that Modi the government decided to include castes in further census with regard to elections, especially in Bihar. “If that were the case, we would have done it before the Lok Sabha elections in 2024,” Paswan said.
Published – May 1 2025 14:46
