BJP press conference on caste census: The central government of BJP has decided to get caste census across the country. This decision has been taken under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On this occasion, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan held a press conference. He said that this decision has not been taken suddenly, work has been going on for the last 11 years. Our aim is to benefit every section of the society. Social justice has always been the center of our policy and hence the OBC commission was given constitutional status.
On the BJP’s press conference, Dharmendra Pradhan insisted that this is the first time after India’s independence, when the central government has given in -principle approval to the caste census. This decision reflects the commitment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who are constantly trying to get their rights to the underprivileged. It was informed by the Home Minister about a year ago.
Nehru was opposed to ethnic reservation- Dharmendra Pradhan
Dharmendra Pradhan took a dig at the opposition and said that Nehru ji was opposed to ethnic reservation. For this, he also wrote a letter to the states. The BJP was part of the government at the time of implementation of Mandal Commission. The Congress did the work to stop this. Everyone knows what was Rajiv Gandhi’s attitude regarding Mandal Commission.
A scathing attack on Rahul Gandhi
On the question of abolishing the limit of 50% reservation, Dharmendra Pradhan rejected Rahul Gandhi’s response to the ethnic census. He said that Rahul Gandhi’s words should not be taken seriously. They do not even know the difference between survey and census. He further said that by reading the letters and statements of Nehru and Rajiv Gandhi, the Congress should apologize to the country.
Digital India pointed
Dharmendra Pradhan called the caste census a political ATM for some parties and said that Modi ji has closed this ATM by bringing a digital payment system. Bihar was also mentioned during the press conference. Dharmendra Pradhan told that when the caste survey was conducted in Bihar, the BJP supported it. He also referred to Karpoori Thakur and said that Jana Sangh also supported him.