PM Modi caste row: Following Congress chief Rahul Gandhi’s remarks about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s caste, BJP chief and Rajya Sabha member Narhari Amin, who was holding the submit of Deputy CM within the then Congress authorities of Gujarat in 1994, has additionally made a big revelation refuting Wayanad MP’s declare.
Earlier within the day, Rahul Gandhi sparked controversy by claiming that Prime Minister Modi doesn’t belong to the Other Backward Caste (OBC) neighborhood and as an alternative belongs to the overall class.
What did the then Deputy CM say?
The BJP chief strongly rebuked Rahul Gandhi’s statements stating that the Congress chief is insulting the OBC neighborhood by cooking up senseless lies on this situation. Amin highlighted that he was serving because the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat within the Congress authorities when the Gujarat administration formally labeled Modh-Ghanchi as OBC on July 25, 1994.
Taking to ‘X’, Narhari Amin, former Congress chief, stated, “I was serving as the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat in the Congress Government when GoG notified Modh-Ghanchi as OBC on 25th July 1994. This is the same caste our respected Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi belongs to. Rahul Gandhi is insulting the OBC communities by cooking up mindless lies on this issue.”
He asserted that the choice to grant OBC standing to Modi’s caste occurred when Modi was not even an MP/MLA. “This decision, and the subsequent GoI notification came when Narendra Modi was not even MP/MLA forget being CM. I demand Rahul Gandhi immediately withdraw his lies. He should stop defaming OBCs and also apologise to the people of Gujarat for being filled with hate towards our popular Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he stated.
‘PM not born OBC’
Rahul Gandhi had alleged that PM Modi used to say that he’s an OBC however when the demand for a caste census was made, he acknowledged that there are solely two castes — the wealthy and the poor. “When the time came to give rights to OBCs, Dalits, tribals, Modi ji says there are no castes, and when it is time to get votes, he says he is an OBC,” Gandhi claimed.
Reiterating his get together’s pitch for a caste census, Gandhi stated, “If Modi ji says there are only two castes – poor and rich – in the country, then how come he became an OBC… Modi ji was not born as an OBC. Modi ji’s caste ghanchi was included in the OBC (list) in 2000 by the then BJP government in Gujarat. Your PM was not from the OBC. He keeps on identifying himself as OBC, but he was not an OBC, rather he was from the general category caste,” he claimed whereas addressing a gathering at Rengalpali village in Chhattsigarh’s Raigarh district throughout his ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra.’
OBC on paper: Rahul Gandhi thanks BJP
Later, Rahul Gandhi thanked the BJP for “confirming” that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born in an Other Backward Class household, as he claimed earlier within the day.
Gandhi’s response got here after Union Minister Pralhad Joshi shared a gazette notification to indicate that PM Modi’s OBC standing was “recognised on Oct 27, 1999, two years before he became Gujarat’s Chief Minister.”
“The truth: Modi’s OBC status was recognised on Oct 27, 1999, two years before he became Gujarat’s Chief Minister. @INCIndia insults the OBC community yet again, but OBCs will deliver a resounding lesson in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls,” Joshi, the Union Parliamentary Affairs Minister, stated in a submit on X.
Soon after this, Rahul Gandhi additionally took to X and stated: “Modi ji is not by birth but a ‘paper OBC’. He was not an OBC till five decades after his birth. Thanks to the BJP government for confirming this truth of mine.”
‘Sabse bada OBC’
This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi just lately in Parliament referred to as himself ‘sabse bada OBC’ (the largest OBC) and accused the Congress of indulging in hypocrisy and adopting double requirements whereas coping with leaders of Backward communities. “Congress party and UPA government did not deliver justice with OBCs. A few days ago, Karpoori Thakur ji was conferred with Bharat Ratna. In 1970, when he became Bihar CM, what was not done to destabilise his government? Congress can’t tolerate OBCs…They keep counting how many OBCs are there in the government. Can’t you (Congress) see the biggest OBC here (pointing towards himself)?” PM Modi stated in his reply to the ‘Motion of Thanks’ on the President’s Address in Lok Sabha on Monday.”
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