Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, addressing an election rally at Baran in Rajasthan on October 16, asserted that their demand for caste census is not meant to divide people or snatch anybody’s rights but only to ensure that deserving groups get their rightful share in development.
“It is the BJP’s habit of dividing people on the basis of religion and caste,” Mr. Kharge said in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s charge that the Congress was seeking to divide people with their demand for a nationwide caste census.
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