Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday raised the caste census pitch and described it as an 'X-ray' of the country.
“If it is not known whose population is how much, then how will we talk about participation,” he said while addressing an election rally in Vallabhnagar in Udaipur.
Rahul Gandhi stated that if the Congress assumes power in Rajasthan, it will initiate a caste census, and should the party govern at the national level, it will extend this effort across the entire country.
Attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the issue, he said earlier the PM used to say he is from OBC but the day he (Gandhi) raised the demand of caste census, Modi started saying there is only once caste in India- the poor.
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“Modi said there is only one caste in the country- the poor but he did not say that there is another caste of billionaires also. That is Adani, Ambani's caste. They have a special caste,” he said.
The former Congress president charged that Modi's job is to divert public attention while Adani pickpockets and added that "they are a team".
