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'Against reservation since birth': Kharge rebuts BJP, RSS over caste census row

IndiaTimes Thursday, 1 May 2025
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge welcomed the Centre's decision to include caste enumeration in the national census, while criticizing the BJP and RSS for their historical opposition to reservation. He accused them of creating confusion for political gains, emphasizing the Congress party's long-standing demand for a caste census, as highlighted in their previous letter to the Prime Minister.
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For over seven decades, the Congress Caste Census story has been one of deception. While the party projected itself as a voice of social justice, it quietly suppressed real empowerment—caste data. The Congress Caste Census issue resurfaced in Karnataka, where data was buried for years. From the...

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