As enraged Indians awaited a hard response from the Centre to the fear attack in Kashmir’s Pahalgam, that killed 26 peoples, the Modi authorities struck out—it introduced that caste census could be part of the upcoming census workout.
The decision was taken at a assembly of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-headed Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs (CCPA), which convened quickly after a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security Wednesday. A BJP chief defined the move as a “surgical strike on the competition”, which has long demanded that the Centre conduct a “caste census”.
What behind U Turn on caste census
The statement took the opposition by surprise too, as the BJP-led NDA authorities has previously antagonistic the demand to matter caste and in 2021 had absolutely ruled it out. Not simply the authorities’s purpose but the decision’s timing—following the Pahalgam attack and in advance of crucial assembly polls in Bihar—raised tensions.
The decision comes as the Modi-led NDA finishes one years of its third term in power at the Centre, and is probably aimed at complicated the competition and its adversaries.
Rahul Gandhi spoke on Govt U Turn
At a press conference, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi took a dig at this “change of heart”. “Modiji used to say there are only four caste census in country. Don’t know what occurs, however besides, the Congress helps the authorities’s decision. We were running a grassroots-marketing campaign for months, which driven them to behavior the caste census,” he said, calling for removal of 50 % cap on reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and a timeline for conduct of the caste rely.
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