"Many won't get OBC status...": Kharge blasts PM Modi

On a day when the BJP bristled at a statement by Rahul Gandhi claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi wasnt born an OBC Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday said crores of people across the country were still struggling to be included in the Other Backward Classes categoryTaking to his official handle on social media platform X the Congress national president also took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his alleged opposition to a nationwide caste census claiming that it would deprive many from the backward classes of being enlisted as OBCs He claimed further that PM Modis silence on a nationwide caste census which the Congress claimed earlier will be conducted if it were to be elected in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls threatens to deprive crores of fellow natives of social justiceNowadays Modi ji is teaching the lesson of social justice to the entire country His caste got OBC status He has also started calling himself the biggest OBC Modi ji got the status of OBC category without protesting on the streets but crores of people in the country are continuously struggling to get themselves included in the OBC list the Congress national president posted from his X handle on Thursday There are many such backward castes in the country who will not be able to get OBC status due to Modi jis opposition to the caste census the Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha addedReiterating his partys position on the subject Kharge vowed to have a caste census conducted across the country if the Congress comes to power at centre Lakhs of people in Maharashtra Haryana and Gujarat have taken to the streets for many years to get OBC status for their caste Modi ji has become the Vishwa Guru among OBC But they are not telling when the Caste Census will be held The caste census is most important to implementing social justice The Congress Party has promised that we will definitely get the caste census done Kharge added in his postEarlier on Thursday Congress leader Rahul Gandhi claimed Prime Minister Narendra Modi is not an OBC as he was born into the general category Addressing a public rally during the Odisha leg of his ongoing Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra here the Wayanad MP said Whenever BJP workers come to you tell them Our Prime Minister lied to the country that he belongs to the backward class He wasnt born into a backward class he belongs to the general caste Do say this to every BJP workerAddressing the Parliament earlier during the ongoing Budget Session Prime Minister Modi called himself sabse bada OBC the biggest OBC while accusing the Congress of indulging in hypocrisy and adopting double standards while dealing with leaders from backward communitiesCongress party and UPA government did not deliver justice to the OBCs A few days ago Karpoori Thakur ji was conferred with Bharat Ratna In 1970 when he became Bihar CM what was not done to destabilise his government Congress cant tolerate OBCs They keep counting how many OBCs are there in government Cant you Congress see the biggest OBC here pointing towards himself PM Modi said in his reply to the Motion of Thanks on the Presidents Address in Lok Sabha on MondayResponding to Congress leader Rahul Gandhis denial of Prime Minister Narendra Modis OBC status BJPs Amit Malviya accused him of spreading a blatant lie Malviya shared an official document listing OBC categories from Gujarat dated October 27 1999 asserting that Modis caste was officially recognized as OBC two years before he took over as the Chief Minister of Gujarat Malviya also claimed that the NehruGandhi family right from Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi has consistently been opposed to OBCsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever