BJP takes dig at oppn parties pitching for caste census says it stands for sabka saath
New Delhi Sep 24 PTI A day after the Modi government in an affidavit in the Supreme Court virtually ruled out caste census the BJP on Friday took a swipe at parties advocating it and asked how much representation have they given to different social groups in their organisations and among elected representativesThe ruling party made it clear that its stand on the politically fraught issue can be different from those including some of its allies supporting the stepSeveral parties mostly regional ones which draw their core support from some of the Other Backward Classes are pitching for a caste censusAt a press conference BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi criticised parties such as the Samajwadi Party Rashtriya Janata Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party all of whom have called for caste census alleging their leaders were projected as leaders of the poor and deprived communities but they ended up promoting their own familiesAsked about the governments stand on the issue he said it has taken a position on technical groundsSamajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav used to be called dharti putra son of the soil but he ended up promoting his son Mayawati addressed as behan sister by her admirers spoke of the deprived communities but groomed her brother TrivediHe also slammed the RJD for its alleged family rule and corruptionAs far as the BJP is concerned Prime Minister Narendra Modis policy is clear It is sab ka saath sabka vikas with everyone development of all Trivedi said and cited the governments welfare measures like direct benefit transfer and supply of free grains and cooking gas cylinder to the poor irrespective of the beneficiaries caste and communityWe stand for respecting all giving space to everyone and progress of all It is visible in the expansion of the Union council of ministers and also in our partys functioning he saidAsked about some of BJPs allies including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JDU and Union minister Anupriya Patels Apna Dal also demanding a caste count of the population he said different parties are free to take an independent standHe noted that many BJP allies had a different stand on the issue of Ram temple while his party strongly worked for itOn that issue Ram temple we and our allies had a different stand They can have a different stand on this issue caste census the BJP spokesperson saidThe Centre had told the Supreme Court on Thursday that caste census of backward classes is administratively difficult and cumbersome and excluding such information from the purview of Census is a conscious policy decision The Centres stand assumes significance as recently an all-party delegation from Bihar which was led by Nitish Kumar had met the prime minister demanding caste censusIn an affidavit filed in the apex court the government has said that caste enumeration in Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 was fraught with mistakes and inaccuracies PTI KR NSD
New Delhi Sep 24 PTI A day after the Modi government in an affidavit in the Supreme Court virtually ruled out caste census the BJP on Friday took a swipe at parties advocating it and asked how much representation have they given to different social groups in their organisations and among elected representativesThe ruling party made it clear that its stand on the politically fraught issue can be different from those including some of its allies supporting the stepSeveral parties mostly regional ones which draw their core support from some of the Other Backward Classes are pitching for a caste censusAt a press conference BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi criticised parties such as the Samajwadi Party Rashtriya Janata Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party all of whom have called for caste census alleging their leaders were projected as leaders of the poor and deprived communities but they ended up promoting their own familiesAsked about the governments stand on the issue he said it has taken a position on technical groundsSamajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav used to be called dharti putra son of the soil but he ended up promoting his son Mayawati addressed as behan sister by her admirers spoke of the deprived communities but groomed her brother TrivediHe also slammed the RJD for its alleged family rule and corruptionAs far as the BJP is concerned Prime Minister Narendra Modis policy is clear It is sab ka saath sabka vikas with everyone development of all Trivedi said and cited the governments welfare measures like direct benefit transfer and supply of free grains and cooking gas cylinder to the poor irrespective of the beneficiaries caste and communityWe stand for respecting all giving space to everyone and progress of all It is visible in the expansion of the Union council of ministers and also in our partys functioning he saidAsked about some of BJPs allies including Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JDU and Union minister Anupriya Patels Apna Dal also demanding a caste count of the population he said different parties are free to take an independent standHe noted that many BJP allies had a different stand on the issue of Ram temple while his party strongly worked for itOn that issue Ram temple we and our allies had a different stand They can have a different stand on this issue caste census the BJP spokesperson saidThe Centre had told the Supreme Court on Thursday that caste census of backward classes is administratively difficult and cumbersome and excluding such information from the purview of Census is a conscious policy decision The Centres stand assumes significance as recently an all-party delegation from Bihar which was led by Nitish Kumar had met the prime minister demanding caste censusIn an affidavit filed in the apex court the government has said that caste enumeration in Socio-Economic and Caste Census 2011 was fraught with mistakes and inaccuracies PTI KR NSD
