Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday accused the Modi authorities of paying solely “lip service” to B R Ambedkar’s legacy however doing nothing to fulfil his needs, and claimed the BJP-RSS have been “enemies” of the architect of the Structure.
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his criticism of the Congress’ remedy of Ambedkar, Kharge cited a letter by Ambedkar by which he blamed S A Dange and V D Savarkar for his defeat within the elections of 1952.
Talking to reporters on the event of Ambedkar’s delivery anniversary, Kharge pressured the necessity for a nationwide caste census in addition to implementation of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in personal academic establishments.
He stated the Structure is a present from Ambedkar to residents because it provides them the fitting of social, financial and political justice.
“Within the AICC session, now we have taken this ahead. We forwarded the concepts of social justice within the AICC session,” he stated.
Kharge stated the Congress desires to ahead 5 points that it’s striving for and asserted {that a} nationwide caste census is important.
“The Centre is making insurance policies on the idea of the 2011 census and nothing is understood in regards to the 2021 census that was purported to occur. Insurance policies are made on the idea of census. We demand that together with the final census, a caste census also needs to be performed in order to know the way a lot which part has progressed,” he stated.
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The Congress president stated the federal government just isn’t able to get a caste census accomplished.
He additionally asserted that the basic assure given below Article 15(5), launched by the Congress on January 20, 2006, to supply reservation to OBCs, SCs and STs in personal academic establishments have to be applied directly.
He additionally highlighted the necessity for a central regulation for the SC/ST sub-plan and assure budgetary allocations in accordance with their inhabitants.
Kharge pressured the necessity to take away the 50 per cent cap on reservations.
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The Congress president stated that when the Ladies’s Reservation Invoice was handed two years in the past, the occasion’s demand was that it ought to be applied instantly and there ought to be a quota for SC, ST and OBC girls below it.
“The Modi authorities takes the title of Ambedkar however just isn’t able to fulfil his aspirations and needs. They solely pay lip service,” he stated.