Day after the RSS backed caste census, the Cꦡongress on Tuesday attacked the organisation and wondered whether Prime Minister Narendra Modi would "hijack" another guarantee of the grand old party and conduct a caste census.
The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh on Monday had extended its support to the caste census, saying that the government should conduct it for data purposes. However, it posed a condition🎃 and said that the result☂s should be used for "welfare" needs of the citizens and not for "electoral purposes".
Co🦄ng𒊎ress MP Jairam Ramesh reacted to the remarks and raised some questions over "RSS' didactic talk".
Ramesh asked whether the organisation has a veto power on caste census and asked to wh𒅌o the RSS was to give permission for caste census𓄧.
"What does the RSS mean when it says caste census should 𝓰not be misused for election campaigning? Is it to be a judge or an umpire?" he posed questions in Hindi in his X post.
He asked as to why the RSS was mysteriou🍒sly silent over the need for a Constitutional amendment to remove the 50 per cent cap on reservations for Dalits, Adivasis and OBCs.
"Now that the RSS has given the green signal, will the non-biological Prime Minister hijack another guarantee of the Congress and conduct a caste census?" Ramesh asked.
Congress national president Mallikarjun🃏 Kharge, on the other hand, said that the RSS should🌜 clearly tell the country whether it is in favour of caste census or against it.
"Is the Sangh Parivar, which is 🧸in favour of Manusmriti instead of the Constitution o꧑f the country, concerned about the participation of Dalits, tribals, backward classes and the poor and deprived sections of the section or not?" Kharge asked.
RSS chief spok𝓰esperson Sunil Ambedkar on Monday said that the Centre should get the caste census 𒈔done for data purposes.
"Caste reactions are a🔯 sensitive issue in our society, and they are important for national integration. However, the caste census should not be used for election campaigning a𒉰nd electoral purposes," he further said.
Notably, caste census has been a talking point across the nation and has been promoted by the grand old Congress party throughout the campaigns for the Lok Sabha elections.
Recently, NDA ally and Union Minister Chirag Paswan also spoke about the need ꦐfor a caste census in India.
