Congress raises Mandal pitch as Kharge slams caste rally ban in UP

NEW DELHI: After assertive advocacy of caste census, removal of 50% ceiling connected reservations and backstage assemblage quota, Congress has asserted its caller branding arsenic a "social justice" level by slamming UP govt's prohibition connected caste-based governmental rallies.In a little-noticed statement, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, astatine a CWC conscionable successful Patna, asked PM Modi to reply however does the all-round acceptance of caste census quadrate up with menace to jailhouse radical who travel retired to protestation against atrocities inflicted connected them. By linking the prohibition to UP CM Yogi Adityanath "who has written successful the past against reservations", Kharge sought to overgarment caste rallies arsenic portion of protestation and mobilisation rooted successful caste injustices - successful enactment for the now-banned gatherings.The absorption from the AICC main has been stronger than the words of protestation murmured by immoderate determination parties of Mandal hue.But insiders said it is successful enactment with the caller politics, being pursued by Congress with a peculiar nudge from Rahul Gandhi, who has recovered a beardown state successful the enactment president. Since his debut, Rahul followed assertive "pro-poor politics" with an constituent of Dalits and weaker sections. However, things took a melodramatic crook implicit 2 years agone erstwhile helium shifted gears to whole-heartedly clasp Mandalite fervour, with features similar caste census and reservations.