Modi government deliberately obstructing caste Census to prevent true representation of OBCs, EBCs: Congress leader
Congress leader Manikrao Thakare has accused the NDA government of deliberately obstructing a nationwide caste census. He claims this move is intended to deny OBC and EBC communities their rightful political representation.
Why it matters
The debate over a caste census is a central issue in Indian politics, impacting reservation policies and electoral strategies for marginalized communities.
All India Congress Committee (AICC) in-charge for Goa, Daman and Diu, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Manikrao Thakare on Saturday (September 5, 2026) claimed that the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government at the Centre is deliberately obstructing the caste Census from going ahead to prevent “true representation” of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) and Extremely Backward Classes (EBC). He added that the NDA is attempting to derail the actual objectives of the Census.
“The NDA government and its leader [Prime Minister] Narendra Modi — who have been sitting on the issue of a nationwide caste Census — have hatched a conspiracy to deny the OBC and EBC sections their due share of representation. The Congress party, along with our leaders Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, have exposed this in Parliament,” Mr. Thakare, senior AICC leader, said while addressing a press conference at Bihar Congress headquarters in Patna.
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