"Modi Ji, Caste Census Data...": Rahul Gandhi On Political Representation

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has called for removing the 50 per cent cap on reservation for Other Backward Classes at a Karnataka election campaign speech in Kolar district, the same place where he made the "Modi surname" speech in 2019 that led to his conviction in a defamation case last month. Mr Gandhi also challenged the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to release the data of the caste census started by the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government in 2011. This will show whether Other Backward Classes (OBC), Dalits and adivasis don't have enough representation in the country's politics proportionate to their population, Mr Gandhi said.