Prayagraj: Pressing the demand for a nationwide " caste census ", Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi , on Saturday said 90% people of the country are sitting out of the system and the step would be necessary for them. Addressing the ‘Samvidhan Samman Sammelan’ here, Gandhi said, “90% people are sitting out of the system. They have skill, knowledge but no connections (with the system).
That is why we have raised the demand for a caste census.” “For the Congress, the caste census is the foundation of policy making ,” he said. The former Congress chief alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is trying to replicate the model of kings and emperors.
“You (Modi) consider yourself non-biological. You consider yourself connected with the god. Right after the (Lok Sabha) election, you had to bow down before the Constitution.
This was not done by us but by people,” he said. Gandhi said, “We are protecting the Constitution through caste census, because it was not made by 10% people who are today running the country, while 90% are kept out; but it was made by 100% and it is the poor, farmers, labourers, tribal, backward people etc and the common people who are protecting it.” India can never become a superpower unless the 90%, who are outside the system, are made part of it, he added.
“Mujhe political nuksan bhi hoga toh bhi mai yeh karunga, (I will do it even if I suffer political losses). I am saying so because I am not advocating for this for an.