After promising a caste count in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, and vowing to release the caste data captured in 2015 in Karnataka soon, the Congress has now pledged to hold a caste survey in Madhya Pradesh, if it comes to power in the State.
Speaking to reporters at the end of a three-hour long Congress Central Election Committee meeting, where the party deliberated over candidates for 130 to 140 seats, general secretary in-charge Randeep Surjewala said that the party’s primary agenda going into the Assembly election would be to conduct a caste count in the state.
“Ensuring justice for our brothers and sisters of the OBC (other backward class), SC (Scheduled Caste) and ST (Scheduled Tribe) communities is our primary agenda in Madhya Pradesh. A proper discussion on caste census was held and State chief Kamal Nath and other leaders informed [the CEC] that it will be our primary agenda in M.P.,” Mr. Surjewala said.
