GG News Bureau
Gwalior, 7th Oct. Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia has attacked the Congress, accusing it of doing nothing for the backward classes during its 70-year rule and of opposing reservation for people from this community.
His remark follows Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s “Jitni abaadi, utna haq” (rights proportionate to population) pitch in response to the Bihar government’s caste survey report, which revealed that the Extremely Backward Classes and Other Backward Classes account for 63% of the state’s population.
Scindia responded to a query on Bihar’s caste survey and the Congress’ reaction to it by saying, “This party (Congress) did not do anything for the backward classes in 70 years.”
“When the report of a commission (on backward classes) was submitted during the tenure of prime minister Morarji Desai, the Congress opposed it. When the government led by V P Singh implemented reservation for backward classes, the Congress opposed that as well,” Scindia said.
But Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been working for the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and backward classes, and 60 per cent members in his cabinet belong to these communities, he added.
It is the government led by PM Modi that gave 27 per cent reservation to the OBCs, he said.
“The Congress is trying to rake up a new issue at the time of elections, but it never did anything for these communities during its long rule,” Scindia, who was earlier with the grand old party but joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2020, said.
The Union minister expressed confidence that the BJP would form a government in Madhya Pradesh during the upcoming assembly elections.
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