Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Thursday accused the BJP of doublespeak on caste census, an issue around which the Congress is building the narrative of the coming State elections and the Lok Sabha polls scheduled next year.
“[Home Minister Amit] Shah says that we have never opposed it [caste census]. [Prime Minister Narendra] Modi says this is not right, you are dividing the backwards and the Scheduled Caste” was his concluding remark at a poll rally in election-bound Chhattisgarh’s Korba.
Later, at another election rally in Baikunthpur in the State, Mr. Kharge accused Mr. Modi of using religion for votes.
