New Delhi: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the caste-based census that begins in Telangana under the Congress government on Saturday, will be a blueprint for the national caste census that the INDIA coalition’s Government will conduct.
Taking to social media handle X, Ramesh in a post in Hindi, English and Marathi said that this census, and the lifting of the Supreme Court’s arbitrary ceiling of 50 percent on reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are central to Congress’ vision for the country.
“The Congress Government in Telangana will begin its caste-based survey today. 80,000 enumerators will be going door to door over the next few weeks, covering over 1.17 crore households across 33 districts,” Ramesh said.
The former Union Minister said, “This is the first time a caste-based survey is being conducted by the government in Telangana since 1931. It is a historic, revolutionary moment – one that is a realization of the Telangana Movement’s aspirations for the state and a fulfillment of one of the key ideals of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar’s Constitution”.
“It is also, as Rahul Gandhi noted in Hyderabad earlier this week, a blueprint for the national caste census that the INDIA coalition’s Government will conduct. This census, and the lifting of the Supreme Court’s arbitrary ceiling of 50% on reservations for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes are central to Congress’ vision for the country. We are committed to the idea of social, political, and economic justice in India, as laid out in our Constitution and as envisioned by India’s founding fathers,” the Rajya Sabha MP said.
