Attacking the Congress and other Opposition parties on the issue of nepotism, former Union Minister and senior BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad on Friday asked if proportional representation would be seen in their intra-party ranks if a caste census is conducted.
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“If there is a caste census, will the idea of ‘Jiski jitni sankhya bhari, uski utni hissedari’ [the greater the number, the greater the share], be implemented within the Congress or not? Or the same system will continue — Indira-ji, Rajiv-ji, Sonia-ji, Rahul-ji and Priyanka-ji,” he said at a press conference in Raipur, where he alleged that it was one family (the Gandhis) running the show in the Congress. Mr. Prasad also cited examples of one family controlling affairs and given key posts in the respective party and provincial government, such as the Yadav families of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh.
