NEW DELHI: Stressing that he has been constantly demanding that the 50% cap on reservation must be eliminated and a caste census performed immediately, chief of the opposition Rahul Gandhi stated he has been misquoted that he’s in opposition to quotas.
He stated, “Any individual misquoted me yesterday, saying that I’m in opposition to reservations… I’ve been saying many times and once more – we’re going to improve reservations past 50%, and I’m not in opposition to reservation.”
To a query on the Nationwide Press Membership in Washington, the Congress MP stated his crew raised assaults on minorities in Bangladesh at a gathering with US lawmakers, including it is the duty of the Yunus govt to cease it quickly.
Requested if he views caste census as an antidote to Hindutva politics, Rahul Gandhi stated it’s not a ‘Mandal vs kamandal’ subject, however a Congress thought to make India a good nation. “What we’re saying is completely different than the thought of solely reservations. We need to have a complete understanding… first of what is going on on, after which we’re going to apply a collection of insurance policies to appropriate it… reservation being certainly one of them.”
Gandhi pushed again in opposition to the proposal that reservations must be on the financial standards, arguing that caste is the elemental subject in India and untouchability is past an financial thought. “I do not assume it is solely an financial thought. I feel it is discrimination on many, many alternative axes.”
He rebuffed the suggestion that US ought to exert stress on PM Narendra Modi on the problems of “democratic backsliding, persecution of minorities, freedom of press”. Rahul stated, “The battle for democracy in India is an Indian battle. It has nothing to do with anyone else. It is our drawback and we are going to care for it.” He stated that Indian democracy is preventing again, however was damaged for the final 10 years when it was beneath assault.
Mocking the query that Modi has managed the China competitors nicely, Gandhi stated, “In case you name having Chinese language troops in 4,000 sq km of our territory as dealing with one thing nicely, then possibly. Now we have obtained Chinese language troops occupying land the dimensions of Delhi in Ladakh. I feel that is a catastrophe. I do not assume Modi has dealt with China nicely in any respect.”
He stated the opposition marketing campaign pressured Modi to the touch the Structure to his brow in Parliament, but it surely’s a paradox that “he is destroying the Structure, attacking the democratic construction, after which the Indian individuals have pressured him to place it (Structure) on his head”.
Gandhi disagreed that the Kashmir subject is holding again Indo-Pak relations, arguing that Islamabad’s instigation of terrorism is the explanation for the freeze in relations.
He stated the Oct 7 assault on Israel was “completely mistaken”, however Israel bombing harmless civilians, killing ladies and youngsters, is “completely mistaken and shouldn’t be allowed to proceed”.
He stated, “Any individual misquoted me yesterday, saying that I’m in opposition to reservations… I’ve been saying many times and once more – we’re going to improve reservations past 50%, and I’m not in opposition to reservation.”
To a query on the Nationwide Press Membership in Washington, the Congress MP stated his crew raised assaults on minorities in Bangladesh at a gathering with US lawmakers, including it is the duty of the Yunus govt to cease it quickly.
Requested if he views caste census as an antidote to Hindutva politics, Rahul Gandhi stated it’s not a ‘Mandal vs kamandal’ subject, however a Congress thought to make India a good nation. “What we’re saying is completely different than the thought of solely reservations. We need to have a complete understanding… first of what is going on on, after which we’re going to apply a collection of insurance policies to appropriate it… reservation being certainly one of them.”
Gandhi pushed again in opposition to the proposal that reservations must be on the financial standards, arguing that caste is the elemental subject in India and untouchability is past an financial thought. “I do not assume it is solely an financial thought. I feel it is discrimination on many, many alternative axes.”
He rebuffed the suggestion that US ought to exert stress on PM Narendra Modi on the problems of “democratic backsliding, persecution of minorities, freedom of press”. Rahul stated, “The battle for democracy in India is an Indian battle. It has nothing to do with anyone else. It is our drawback and we are going to care for it.” He stated that Indian democracy is preventing again, however was damaged for the final 10 years when it was beneath assault.
Mocking the query that Modi has managed the China competitors nicely, Gandhi stated, “In case you name having Chinese language troops in 4,000 sq km of our territory as dealing with one thing nicely, then possibly. Now we have obtained Chinese language troops occupying land the dimensions of Delhi in Ladakh. I feel that is a catastrophe. I do not assume Modi has dealt with China nicely in any respect.”
He stated the opposition marketing campaign pressured Modi to the touch the Structure to his brow in Parliament, but it surely’s a paradox that “he is destroying the Structure, attacking the democratic construction, after which the Indian individuals have pressured him to place it (Structure) on his head”.
Gandhi disagreed that the Kashmir subject is holding again Indo-Pak relations, arguing that Islamabad’s instigation of terrorism is the explanation for the freeze in relations.
He stated the Oct 7 assault on Israel was “completely mistaken”, however Israel bombing harmless civilians, killing ladies and youngsters, is “completely mistaken and shouldn’t be allowed to proceed”.
