Congress chief Rahul Gandhi sparked an issue on Thursday, alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi doesn’t belong to the Different Backward Class (OBC) by beginning however belongs to the final class.
Addressing a public rally in the course of the Odisha leg of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra right here, the Wayanad MP mentioned, “Every time BJP staff come to you, inform them one factor that our Prime Minister lied to your entire nation that he belonged to the backward class. He was not born in a backward class. He belongs to the final caste. You inform this to each BJP employee.”
This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi lately in Parliament referred to as himself ‘sabse bada OBC’ (the most important OBC) and accused the Congress of indulging in hypocrisy and adopting double requirements whereas coping with leaders of backward communities.
“Congress celebration and UPA authorities didn’t ship justice to OBCs. A number of days in the past, Karpoori Thakur ji was conferred with Bharat Ratna. In 1970, when he turned Bihar CM, what was not carried out to destabilise his authorities? Congress cannot tolerate OBCs…They preserve counting what number of OBCs are in authorities. Cannot you (Congress) see the most important OBC right here (pointing in direction of himself)?” PM Modi mentioned in his reply to the ‘Movement of Thanks’ on the President’s Handle in Lok Sabha on Monday.
In the meantime, Gandhi’s remarks triggered sharp reactions from the Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) leaders.
Social gathering’s IT cell head Amit Malviya took to ‘X’ and wrote, “PM Narendra Modi’s caste was notified as an OBC on October 27, 1999, a full 2 years BEFORE he turned the Chief Minister of Gujarat.”
Malviya shared an official doc itemizing OBC classes from Gujarat dated October 27, 1999, asserting that Modi’s caste was formally recognised as OBC two years earlier than he took over because the Chief Minister of Gujarat.
The BJP chief additionally claimed that the Nehru-Gandhi household, proper from Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, has constantly been against OBCs.
“All the Nehru-Gandhi household, ranging from Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, has been towards OBCs,” he added.
Nonetheless, Rahul Gandhi rubbished the remarks stating that the Prime Minister belongs to the OBC solely ‘on papers’.
Taking to ‘X’, Gandhi wrote, “Modiji (PM Narendra Modi) just isn’t by beginning, however an OBC solely on papers. He was not an OBC till 5 many years after his beginning. Because of the BJP authorities for confirming this reality of mine.”
In the meantime, BJP chief Purnesh Modi additionally condemned the remarks and mentioned that the Congress chief is saying so as a result of he’s ‘pissed off’.
“I strongly condemn and protest towards the remarks of Rahul Gandhi. The nation is now united with Prime Minister Narendra Modiji’s efforts via the mantra of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas, Sabka Prayas, and Sabka Vishwas’,” Modi mentioned whereas talking to ANI.
“The Congress is within the behavior of spreading lies and interesting in vote-bank and appeasement politics. Rahul Gandhi is pissed off. The Prime Minister has elevated the sense of delight in each citizen on a worldwide degree. He does politics, preserving apart caste and faith,” he added.
The BJP chief additional added that the Teli group (to which PM Modi belongs) was included within the OBC class in 1994 in the course of the Congress rule in Gujarat.
“On July 25, 1994, throughout Congress rule, the Gujarat authorities issued a round. It’s a lie that the ‘Teli’ group was included within the OBC class in 2000… They have been included within the OBC class in 1994 in the course of the Congress rule. When PM Modi was the CM of Gujarat, he had nothing to do with together with the ‘Teli’ group in OBC,” Purnesh Modi mentioned.
In the meantime, BJP chief and Rajya Sabha member Narhari Amin mentioned that Rahul Gandhi is insulting the OBC group by cooking up ‘senseless’ lies.
Taking to ‘X’, Narhari Amin, former Congress chief, mentioned, “I used to be serving because the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat within the Congress Authorities when GoG notified Modh-Ghanchi as OBC on twenty fifth July 1994. This is identical caste our revered Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi belongs to. Mr. @RahulGandhi is insulting the OBC communities by cooking up senseless lies on this concern. This resolution, and the following GoI notification got here when Shri @narendramodi was not even MP/MLA overlook being CM.”
The BJP chief additional demanded that Rahul Gandhi withdraw his claims.
“I demand Shri @RahulGandhi instantly withdraw his lies. He ought to cease defaming OBCs and in addition apologise to the folks of Gujarat for being stuffed with hate in direction of our well-liked Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi,” he mentioned.
In response to Gandhi’s remarks, Union Minister Anurag Thakur mentioned that the Congress by no means skips an opportunity to insult PM Modi.
“Congress by no means skips an opportunity to insult PM Modi…now they’ve even questioned his caste, however their very own former Gujarat Dy CM Narhari Amin has given the reply, that on July 25, 1994, throughout Congress rule in Gujarat, they gave OBC standing to Modh and Ghanchi communities. This itself exhibits that Rahul Gandhi is a liar; he has the behavior of mendacity. Now there’s a competitors between Arvind Kejriwal and Rahul Gandhi over who will lie essentially the most. To be within the headlines, they preserve making such statements,” Thakur mentioned whereas talking to the reporters.
The Different Backward Class, or the OBCs, signify 52% of the entire inhabitants of the nation, based on the report of the Mandal Fee printed in 1980.
The Congress celebration, together with its allies within the INDIA bloc, additionally demanded a caste census.
Nonetheless, the ruling BJP has been standing towards the caste census claiming that it might create a division in society.