In a recent news, RSS has forced BJP to change its stand on caste-based Census as BJP demanded an all-party meeting before taking a final decision on the issue on Tuesday. While BJP favours such a Census, RSS is firmly against it and has even has asked BJP to rethink its stand on the issue.
BJP, in the recently-concluded Budget Session, had come out in full support of a caste-based Census. Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj and his deputy in the
House, Mr Gopinath Munde, had supported the caste-based Census claiming that it would provide the exact number of people for whom various government schemes are meant for. Even though party chief Nitin Gadkari had said that the results of a caste-based Census would not be desirable, Ms Swaraj had claimed that supporting the caste-based Census was her party’s line.
On the other hand, RSS is of the view that a caste-based Census goes against the principle of the father of the Indian Constitution and a dalit icon, Dr B.R. Ambedkar. RSS general secretary Bhaiyaji Joshi, who recently sent a letter to BJP in this regard, feels a caste-based Census would “dilute the objective of creating a casteless society”, one of the main principles of the RSS. So, it has demanded that nationality be the basis of the Census.
According to Mr. Joshi, RSS is following the principles of late dalit leader B.R. Ambedkar. Right from the beginning, the RSS is in favour of a casteless society and any attempt to dilute it will hurt the sentiments of people. He has also demanded the government to fix the criteria for giving reservations to OBCs but after consulting social groups.
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