He Belongs To Common Caste: Rahul Gandhi On PM Modis Sabse Bada OBC Comment

Jharsuguda: In a scathing assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Thursday stated that the previous was not born into an OBC household however as an alternative hails from the overall caste. The Congress MP urged his followers to confront BJP employees with this revelation, accusing the Prime Minister of deceiving the nation relating to his caste identification.

“Every time BJP employees come to you, inform them one factor our Prime Minister lied to your complete nation that he belonged to the backward class. He was not born in a backward class, he belongs to the overall caste. You inform this to each BJP employee.” Rahul made these remarks whereas talking at a public rally in the course of the Odisha leg of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra in Jharsuguda.

Rahul Gandhi’s comment on PM Modi evoked a pointy response from the ruling BJP and its media cell in-charge Amit Malviya known as Congress MP’s declare a ”blatant lie.” ”Prime Minister Narendra Modi acquired his caste notified as an OBC after he grew to become the Chief Minister of Gujarat: Rahul Gandhi. It is a blatant lie. PM Narendra Modi’s caste was notified as an OBC on Oct 27, 1999, a full 2 years BEFORE he grew to become the Chief Minister of Gujarat,” Malviya stated in a put up on X. Malviya additionally claimed that the ”whole Nehru-Gandhi household, ranging from Jawaharlal Nehru to Rahul Gandhi, have been towards the OBCs.”

Congress Vs BJP Over OBC 

This comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi not too long ago in Parliament known as himself ‘Sabse Bada OBC’ (the most important OBC) and accused the Congress of indulging in hypocrisy and adopting double requirements whereas coping with leaders of Backward communities.

“Congress occasion and UPA authorities didn’t ship justice with OBCs. Just a few days in the past, Karpoori Thakur ji was conferred with Bharat Ratna. In 1970, when he grew to become Bihar CM, what was not performed to destabilise his authorities? Congress cannot tolerate OBCs…They preserve counting what number of OBCs are there within the authorities. Cannot you (Congress) see the most important OBC right here (pointing in the direction of himself)?” PM Modi stated in his reply to the ‘Movement of Thanks’ on the President’s Handle in Lok Sabha on Monday.

Congress’ Failures And Allegations Of Bias

PM Modi continued his assault on the UPA authorities and stated that the earlier authorities didn’t ship justice to OBCs. “Through the UPA Authorities, an extra-constitutional physique was fashioned. The federal government couldn’t have its approach earlier than that physique. Nationwide Advisory Council – did it have any OBC members? Discover out,” he added.

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra

The Odisha leg of the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra is scheduled to be accomplished this afternoon earlier than happening a two-day break from February 9-10. The yatra will resume on February 11 from Chhattisgarh. Earlier on Wednesday, the 25th day of the Nyay Yatra, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi, visited Vedvyas Dham within the Sundergarh district of Western Odisha. The cave of this temple is taken into account to be the place the place sage and poet Ved Vyas ji composed the Mahabharata.

Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra rolled out from Manipur’s Thoubal on January 14. The yatra will cowl over 6,700 kilometres over 67 days, traversing by 110 districts. It’s going to cowl a distance of 6,713 km, straddling 100 Lok Sabha constituencies and 337 meeting segments and overlaying 110 districts. The yatra will conclude in Mumbai on March 20, after 67 days.

A follow-up to the ‘Bharat Jodo Yatra’ which noticed Rahul Gandhi cowl greater than 3,000 kilometres on foot–from Kanya Kumari to Srinagar–the Yatra 2.zero is following a hybrid format.