Once OBCs, Dalits and tribals learn about their actual population, country will change: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi urges caste census; says it will change India forever. He accuses PM Modi of not taking a clear stand on the issue. He promises to start caste survey in Chhattisgarh if Congress comes to power.

Reiterating his party’s demand for a caste census, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on November 15 said the day the Other Backward Classes, Dalits and Tribals learn about their actual population, the “country will change forever”.

Speaking at a rally in Chhattisgarh’s Bemetara district ahead of the second phase of Assembly elections on November 17, he accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of not taking a clear stand on the issue.

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“Modi ji flies in an aircraft worth ₹12,000 crore and wears new clothes every day. He was elected using the word OBC [on the promise of acting in their interest], and when the time comes to give rights to the OBCs, he says there is no OBC and the poor are the only caste in India.

“We will find out how many OBCs are there. Whether Narendra Modi carries out a caste census or not, the day the Congress comes to power again in Chhattisgarh, a caste survey will start here...the day our government comes to power in Delhi, the first signature will be on the [order directing] caste census,” he added.

It will be a historic decision, the Congress leader said.

“The day the OBCs, Dalits and tribals of this country come to know about their actual population and true strength, this country will change forever. This will be the biggest revolutionary decision after Independence,” he added.