Shirdi, Nov 16: Addressing a public gathering in poll-bound Maharashtra, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah to publicly commit to conducting a caste census.
Polling for the 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra is scheduled for November 20.
Addressing the rally in Shirdi, Priyanka Gandhi said, "I challenge PM Modi and HM Amit Shah to stand on a stage and declare that they will conduct a caste census and remove the 50 per cent cap on reservation."
The Congress leader highlighted that her brother Rahul Gandhi undertook the Bharat Jodo Yatra to advocate for a caste census.
"They (BJP) claim my brother is against reservation. This is the same person (Rahul Gandhi) who walked from Manipur to Mumbai demanding justice. He walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir demanding a caste census. They spread lies because they are scared. How can we allocate reservations effectively without knowing the population composition of each caste?" she added.
Priyanka Gandhi's remarks come a day after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh criticised Rahul Gandhi's stance on the caste census during an election campaign in Jharkhand.
