Amidst the assembly elections, the war of words between congress and bjp regarding Other Backward Classes(OBC) continues. On one hand, prime minister Narendra Modi and Union home minister amit shah said onMonday (November 13) that congress did nothing for OBC reservation during its stay in the government. Whiledemanding caste census, congress leader rahul gandhi said that it should be found out what is the population ofOBC category in the country.PM Modi said in Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh, You have to recognize the mentality of Congress. This is the sameCongress which ran the government from panchayat to parliament, people gave them the opportunity to run thegovernment, but did not give reservation to the OBC community. This is the same congress which did not giveconstitutional status to the OBC Commission. This is the same congress which did not implement OBCreservation in medical colleges.Mentioned Rajiv GandhiTaking aim at Madhya Pradesh, Union home minister amit shah said, congress has always insulted the OBCcommunity. When the Mandal Commission report came, congress suppressed it for many years. Rajiv Gandhiopposed the implementation of Mandal Commission. The backward classes Commission was not givenconstitutional recognition for 70 years.What did rahul gandhi say?While rallying in Neemuch district of Madhya Pradesh, former congress President rahul gandhi said, I want toknow what is the population of OBC category in the country. OBC officers decide 33 paisa out of Rs 100 and iftheir population is 0.33 percent then it is fine, but OBC population is 50 percent. In such a situation, I told PMModi in parliament to conduct caste census. This will make it clear and know how many Generals, OBCs andDalits there are in the country.
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