Congress chief Rahul Gandhi challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday to take away the 50% reservation restrict, promising that if elected, the Congress would improve the general quota past 50%. Addressing an election rally in Nirmal in Adilabad Lok Sabha constituency of Telangana, he claimed that PM Modi is in opposition to reservation and needs to take it away. “Narendra Modiji should tell the country that he will remove the 50% barrier because that is what Congress intends to do,” he stated. Gandhi claimed that PM Modi by no means mentions eradicating the 50% barrier in any of his election speeches.
The Wayanad MP stated that rising reservation past 50% is probably the most urgent subject earlier than the nation, and that the Congress celebration has promised to take away it in its manifesto to do justice to OBCs, Dalits, and tribals. The Congress chief reiterated his declare that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) wish to abolish the Constitution and the reservation.
“This is an election between two ideologies. On the one hand, Congress is attempting to protect the Constitution, while the BJP and RSS seek to destroy the Constitution and deprive the poor of the rights guaranteed by it,” he stated, holding up a pocket-sized copy of the Indian Constitution.
“BJP leaders have said that if elected, they will change the Constitution. If the Constitution is changed, reservation will be abolished,” he claimed, alleging that the BJP opposes the expansion of backwards, Dalits, and tribals. He claimed that Congress had applied its ensures in Telangana and promised related ensures throughout India. He acknowledged that each girl from a poor household will obtain Rs 8.5K per thirty days. This can be on high of the Rs 2,500 that girls in Telangana presently obtain every month.
He held PM Modi accountable for rising youth unemployment and claimed that the Congress had promised them ‘Pehli Naukri pakki’. He acknowledged that graduates will get jobs, just like MNREGA.
Asserting that there are 30 lakh authorities vacancies throughout the nation, he acknowledged that faculty and college diploma and diploma holders might be employed for a 12 months with a stipend of Rs 1 lakh. If the youth carry out nicely in a 12 months, they are going to be built-in into their respective departments.
He described it because the world’s first such scheme, claiming that India will present the world with the best-trained workforce. He claimed that privatisation of the general public sector, the Agniveer scheme, and contract employment had been all meant to take away the reservation. He acknowledged that Congress will eradicate the contract system and create everlasting jobs.
He reiterated that if elected, the Congress would conduct a caste census, which might remodel the nation’s politics. He talked about that the backward courses make up 50% of the nation’s inhabitants. There are 15% Dalits, 8% tribals, 15% minorities, and 5-6% poor within the basic class. “They are over 90 per cent of the population but they have no place in any institution,” he went on to say.
