Mallikarjun Kharge Writes To PM Modi, Seeks All-Party Dialogue On Caste Census2Photo© hindustantimes.com

Mallikarjun Kharge Writes To PM Modi, Seeks All-Party Dialogue On Caste Census

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Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to draw upon the Telangana model for the caste survey, remove the 50 per cent cap for reservation and immediately implement Article 15(5) providing for reservations for SCs, STs and OBCs in private educational institutions.

In a letter to Modi, Kharge also called on the prime minister to have a dialogue with all political parties soon on the issue of the caste census.

“Conducting any exercise such as the caste census which gives the backward, the oppressed and the marginalised sections of our society their rights cannot and should not be considered divisive in any way," Kharge said.