Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia slammed the Congress party for not doing anything for Backward Classes during 70 years of its rule. He added the Congress party even opposed reservation for people of the backward classes. The Civil Aviation Minister was talking to the media in Gwalior on Friday.

His statement comes in response to Rahul Gandhi remark Jitni aabadi, utna Haq after the Bihar government’s caste survey report revealed the Other Backward Classes and the Extremely Backward Classes form 63 percent of Bihar’s population. Scindia added the Congress party did not do anything for the upliftment of the backward classes in 70 years of its rule.

He said when a commission submitted a report on the backward classes when Morarji Desai was the Prime Minister, the Congress opposed it. Scindia added the VP Singh government implemented reservation for the backward classes. This was also opposed by the Congress party.

He said PM Modi has been actively working for the backward classes, scheduled tribes, scheduled castes and backward classes. The Aviation minister said 60 percent members in PM Modi’s cabinet belong to the backward classes. He said the Modi government had given 27 percent reservation to the OBC’s.

Scindia added the Congress party is trying to bring a new issue at the time of elections but the the truth is the party did not do anything for the backward classes during 70 years of its rule at the centre. The Union Minister is confident that the BJP would form a government in Madhya Pradesh after the state elections which are going to be held soon. Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi had said at a public meeting in Shajapur district in Madhya Pradesh it would conduct a caste based census to know the exact number of other Backward classes (OBC’s) people in the country.

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