Making it clear that the Congress party was in favour of the caste census, Minister for Social Welfare H.C. Mahadevappa said the voices of dissent against the report was not binding on the party and the Cabinet.
Fielding queries from reporters about the opposition expressed to the caste census report from sections of the party, Mr Mahadevappa said there may be opinions at variance with the stand of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) on the issue, but “ultimately the Cabinet is supreme”.
When Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, as well as AICC, are in favour of the caste census, where is the difference of opinion on the issue in the Congress party, he questioned. “A few individuals may express their views, but it does not mean it is binding on the party and the Cabinet,” he said.
