Caste Census: Should there be caste census? Mayawati's statement came on this issue
Mayawati: During the discussion on the budget in Parliament on Tuesday, there was a tussle between Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and BJP MP Anurag Thakur on the issue of caste census. Now Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has reacted to this.
Mayawati on Caste Census: There is a fierce dispute going on between Congress and BJP in Parliament regarding the caste census. Now Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has also come into this debate and has termed the dispute between Congress-BJP as drama and an attempt to deceive the OBC society. Let us tell you that during the discussion on the budget in Parliament on Tuesday, there was a tussle between Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and BJP MP Anurag Thakur on the issue of caste census.
What did Mayawati say about the caste census?
BSP supremo and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati posted on Twitter, "The ongoing tussle between Congress and BJP, etc. in Parliament on Tuesday, especially on caste and caste census, is a drama and an attempt to deceive the OBC community because the history of both the parties regarding their reservation has been fiercely anti-OBC, both openly and behind the scenes. It is not right to trust them."
In another post, the former CM said, 'Just like the OBC reservation implemented here due to the efforts of BSP, the National Caste Census is a special national issue of public interest, towards which the Center needs to be serious. Crores of poor-backward and Bahujans also have a right in the development of the country, in fulfilling which the caste census has an important role.'
How did the caste issue start in Parliament?
Actually, Rahul Gandhi had said in the Lok Sabha that Dalit and OBC castes are not included in those who make the country's budget. Rahul Gandhi had shown the photo of the Halwa Ceremony and asked in the House how many people from backward and Dalit castes were there in. Rahul Gandhi also demanded a caste census. After this, on Tuesday, BJP MP Anurag Thakur, while giving a speech in the Lok Sabha, said that those who do not know the caste, talk about census. Rahul Gandhi got angry at this. He said that he had been insulted. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav also jumped on this issue. He said that how can someone's caste be asked in the House?