Congress opted for fresh caste census to make up for image lost in Bengaluru stampede: Shobha Karandlaje

New Caste Census Reveals the Rot in Indian Politics

In 1961, India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru wrote a letter to all state chief ministers and criticized caste-based reservation. He said, “This way lies not only folly but disaster.” He believed that economic and educational backwardness should be the criteria for state support rather than birth-based identity. Politicians have forgotten his words in their pursuit of vote-bank politics.Evolution of the caste systemThe Rigveda, composed…

Congress opted for fresh caste census to make up for image lost in Bengaluru stampede: Shobha Karandlaje

The Union Minister alleged that the Congress, through caste census, wants to project that minorities are in large numbers in Karnataka.