Akhilesh Yadav’s Caste Census Jab At Rahul Gandhi Widens INDIA Bloc Cracks

Cracks at the moment are extra outstanding within the Opposition’s INDIA alliance with Samajwadi Get together chief Akhilesh Yadav questioning why the earlier Congress-led governments didn’t conduct caste census once they have been in energy.

Mr Yadav’s remark highlights the variations between the 2 events which can be a part of the mega Opposition entrance in search of to place up a united struggle towards the BJP in subsequent yr’s nationwide elections.

The earlier governments didn’t act on this resulting from their defective insurance policies, he instructed ANI in Satna in election-bound Madhya Pradesh and taunted Congress chief Rahul Gandhi over his “X-ray” comment over the caste census demand.

At a rally yesterday, Mr Gandhi reiterated his name for caste census and termed the train an “X-ray” that may give particulars of varied communities within the nation. Requested about this, Mr Yadav mentioned the Congress’s demand for a caste census is a “miracle”.

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“X-ray was the necessity of that point. Now we’ve MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and CT (computed tomography) scan. The illness has now unfold. If this drawback was solved again then, such a spot would not have existed within the society right now,” he mentioned mocking Mr Gandhi.

“The largest miracle is the Congress can be speaking about caste census. Those that are speaking about X-rays are the identical individuals who stopped the caste census after Independence,” he quipped.

Mr Yadav slammed the Congress for not conducting caste census after India attained independence. “When Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav), Sharad Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav, and events from South India raised the demand in Lok Sabha, the Congress refused to do it,” he mentioned.

“Why do they wish to conduct caste census right now? As a result of they know that their conventional vote financial institution isn’t with them. However the backward courses, Dalit, and adivasis know that they’d betrayed them after Independence,” he added.

Mr Yadav has been coaching his weapons on the Congress recently and has additionally claimed that the grand previous celebration doesn’t wish to ally together with his outfit after their relations soured over seat-sharing for the November 17 Madhya Pradesh elections.

Final week, he mentioned the Congress didn’t implement the Mandal Fee suggestions and had opposed the caste census. In one other occasion, he instructed a rally in Madhya Pradesh that neither Congress nor BJP have performed something for the poor and farmers once they have been in energy within the state.

Nonetheless, regardless of the indicators of pressure, he instructed NDTV final month that his celebration was nonetheless part of the INDIA bloc.