Rahul Gandhi says he will lift 50% reservation quota if Congress comes to power
Addressing a poll rally at Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi said this election is being fought to save the constitution which will be altered if BJP come to power
Rahul Gandhi, the leader of the Congress, announced today that the party would raise quota benefits for members of Dalit, backward and tribal communities and lift the 50% restriction on caste-based quotas imposed by the Supreme Court.
Speaking at a polling station in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, Mr. Gandhi stated that the Constitution is being defended in this election. “BJP and RSS wish to bring this to a close and alter it. And this is being saved by the Congress and the INDIA bloc. You have rights on jal (water), jangal (forest), and zameen (land) under this Constitution. With a copy of the Constitution in his hand, he declared, “Narendra Modi wants to get rid of them and have total power.”
He stated that if the BJP leaders are elected, they would amend the Constitution. “For this reason, they adopted the tagline ‘400 seats’. But forget about 400; they will only receive 150 seats. They claim to be removing reservations. I would like to inform you that we will raise reservations beyond the fifty percent ceiling as of right now. He declared, “We would save as much space as is necessary for the underprivileged, the backward, Dalits, and Adivasis.
Amidst a fierce campaign for the Lok Sabha elections and contentious discussions over reservations between the NDA and the INDIA alliance, Mr. Gandhi made these statements.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP has claimed that the Congress intends to modify the backward class reservation in order to benefit Muslims. The claims have been refuted by the Congress. At a rally in Gujarat Banaskantha, the Prime Minister said, “I challenge the ‘shehzada’ of the Congress as well as his party and its supporters to announce they will never misuse reservation in the name of religion, nor will they play with the Constitution or grant reservation in the name of religion.”
Mr. Gandhi claimed during the Ratlam gathering that stories about crimes against Adivasis are not covered by the media. “The media does not report on the rape of your children or the seizure of your land. There’s a rationale. These media don’t feature any Adivasis” he said.
90 bureaucrats, according to Mr. Gandhi, oversee the nation’s governance. “They allocate the funds. Out of the ninety, only one is an Adivasi, three come from lower social groups, and three are Dalit. Neither the corporate world nor the media employ your folks. This is something we wish to alter. For this reason, we have chosen to conduct an economic survey as well as a caste census,” he stated.
In addition, Mr. Gandhi promised loan exemptions and guaranteed MSP for farmers. “We promise you these things. They’ll alter your life,” he declared to the assembly.
Ratlam casts a ballot in the Lok Sabha election’s fourth round on May 13. Former Member of Parliament and Union Minister Kantilal Bhuria has been fielded by the Congress. The BJP has selected Anita Nagar Singh Chauhan to represent the seat they won in the 2019 election.
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