The Congress Working Committee (CWC) will meet in the National Capital on October 9 to discuss current political developments, including the Bihar caste survey’s findings, and the upcoming Assembly elections, sources said on October 5.
The party’s highest decision-making body is meeting just days after the Nitish Kumar-led Bihar government released the findings of its caste survey, triggering a national debate. The top leadership of the Congress, including former party chief Rahul Gandhi, have made a strong pitch on behalf of other backward classes (OBCs), and have argued that every community or caste group should get rights in proportion to their share of the population.
This will also be the first CWC meeting since the law to reserve seats for women in legislative bodies was passed during the Special Session of Parliament held between September 18 and 21. Though the party supported the law’s passage in Parliament, it has been arguing for a separate quota for OBC women, along with reservations for women from Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SCs/STs), a complete U-turn from its 2010 position.
