7Photo© hindustantimes.com'Disrespecting legacy of Indira, Rajiv': Congress leader Anand Sharma opposes party's demand for caste census
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Congress leader Anand Sharma opposed Rahul Gandhi's caste census promise and, in a letter to party president Mallikarjun Kharge, he wrote that Congress never engaged nor endorsed identity politics and hence it is detrimental to democracy.
"In my humble opinion, this (caste census) will be misconstrued as disrespecting the legacy of Indira ji and Rajiv ji..." senior Congress leader Anand Sharma wrote.
Anand Sharma quoted Indira Gandhi's statement of 1980 'Na jaat par na paat par, mohar lagegi haath par'; Rajiv Gandhi's '...We have problems if casteism is going to be made a factor for parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies...' to present his opinion.
“ Congress as a mass movement has always encouraged internal discussion and debate on issues of national importance and formulation of policies on social issues....social and economic backwardness has…
Anand Sharma,
Congress leader Anand Sharma says Rahul Gandhi’s caste census promise…
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Anand Sharma,
Congress leader Anand Sharma says Rahul Gandhi’s caste census promise…