Congress and Rahul Gandhi’s pitch for caste-based census throughout the nation in a bid to counter BJP’s Hindutva ballot plank, the saffron social gathering has performed two main playing cards – one was ‘poor’ caste and now the ‘GYAN’. Reacting to the opposition’s demand for a caste census, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stated throughout meeting polls in November that there’s just one caste for the federal government and that’s ‘poor folks’. He stated that the NDA authorities has been working for the welfare of this caste.
Now, two months later, forward of the essential Lok Sabha elections, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that ‘GYAN’ encompasses the Modi authorities’s 4 principal focus factors. Explaining ‘GYAN’, FM Sitharaman stated that G stands for ‘Garib’ (Poor), Y for ‘Yuva’ (Youth), A for ‘Annadata’ (Farmer) and N for ‘Nari’ (Women). She stated that PM Modi believes in specializing in these 4 ‘castes’ and the federal government is dedicated to the progress of those 4 sections. While some could have taken it evenly, it is a broader narrative on which the Modi authorities is working and is wooing the voters of this part.
The authorities has already been working varied applications for these 4 sections and a few of them are the SAUBHAGYA electrical energy scheme, Ujjwala LPG cylinder scheme, Skill India or Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY), promotion of sports activities by TOPS and Khelo India, and Kisan Samman Nidhi. These are simply among the schemes of the Modi authorities that cater to those 4 sections and if taken a holistic view, any poor household.Â
Women and youth kind a majority of the Indian voters and the NDA authorities has been capable of hold this part pleased within the 2019 polls and the continuation of such schemes is probably going to assist the ruling social gathering within the upcoming polls as effectively. Congress, which has been speaking about caste-based census every day forward of the meeting polls in November, has not solely toned down on the problem however now talks about it very not often. Most in all probability, the grand outdated social gathering could have realised that the narrative didn’t work in its favour and fairly gave the BJP an opportunity to additional spotlight the schemes run by its authorities. Now, the query right here is, can Congress discover a repair to BJP’s ‘GYAN’ and ‘poor’ caste narrative? In the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress shouldn’t be solely going through a problem on the alliance entrance nevertheless it should discover ballot planks that resonate with the frequent folks.
