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Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Friday (July 25, 2025) that it is his fault to not get caste census while his party remained in power, but now he has taken steps to rectify this mistake. He said that the issue of caste census is a political earthquake which has shook the political ground of the country.
Addressing the ‘OBC Partnership Justice Conference’ of the Congress, Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi said, ‘I have been doing politics since 2004. When I evaluate my evaluation, I find that if I did a good job, there is a shortage of somewhere… I should get good numbers. I should get good numbers on the issue of women, but if I look back, one thing looks clear that one thing was reduced. I made a mistake, that is that I did not do the way the OBC class (of the interests) was to be protected. The reason for this is that I did not understand your issues deeply at that time.
The former Congress president said, ‘It is easy to understand the difficulties of Dalits … The issues of tribals are also easily understood, but the difficulties or issues of OBCs do not look easily. I regret that if I had known more about your history and issues, I would have done caste census at the same time (staying in power of Congress). That time has passed, but it is my fault. … This is not the fault of the Congress, my fault.
Referring to the issue of caste census, he said, ‘This is a political earthquake, which has shaken the political ground of India. You have not shocked this, but the work is done. The Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha said, ‘The 21st century is the century of’ data ‘. (Narendra) Modi ji keeps speaking about data. Earlier, the country which used to have oil was considered powerful. … Today’s oil is data.
According to him, ‘data companies have … The data that has come to the Telangana government has no match. Today we can tell in Telangana in a minute how many OBCs and Dalits are in the management of all corporate groups of the state. Rahul Gandhi said, ‘You ask my sister (Priyanka Gandhi) that when I make up my mind for something, I back back or not …. I (from caste census) are not going to back down.’
He alleged that BJP and RSS have erased the history of OBC. The Congress leader said that Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs are the productive power of this country, but they are not getting the results of this.