Patna (Bihar):
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Saturday night met Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son and RJD chief Tejashwi Yadav, in Patna.
The Congress MP earlier within the day addressed ‘Samvidhan Suraksha Sammelan’ in Patna throughout his go to to the state.
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During his handle, Rahul Gandhi hit out at Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, calling the state’s caste census a “faux” one.
“Caste census must be carried out to grasp the true state of affairs of the nation. It is not going to be just like the faux caste census that has been carried out in Bihar…A coverage must be made based mostly on the caste census…Congress will move the caste census within the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. We will demolish the barrier of fifty per cent reservations…,” he stated.
Targeting the BJP, he stated, “When they got here to know that the individuals from the backward neighborhood, Dalits are taking the illustration, they gave you the illustration however took away the facility. They put their individuals in each organisation…”, he alleged.
Rahul Gandhi additionally continued his assault on the RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat’s reported remarks about not contemplating August 15, 1947, because the day of independence.
The Congress MP accused the RSS chief of downplaying the ideology of BR Ambedkar and Mahatma Gandhi from each establishment in India. He additionally advocated for the ideology of the Constitution. He stated,”…We needed that identical to the water of Ganga flows all over the place, the ideology of the Constitution also needs to attain each particular person, each establishment of the nation.”
Hitting again at Rahul Gandhi Union Minister Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh instructed reporters, “He finds all the things faux when he’s the ‘Sardar‘ of fakeness. The caste census that occurred in Bihar, based mostly on that he was demanding a caste census (nationwide). When we have been a part of the INDIA alliance and have been demanding the identical, then they have been silent. Why have been they silent?”
Earlier, the Caste Census was carried out in Bihar underneath the JDU-RJD-Congress alliance headed by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
Rahul Gandhi’s go to to the state comes at a time when the Bihar Public Service Commission (BPSC) aspirants’ protests are in full swing.
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