Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad on Wednesday reiterated the demand for caste census and favored “breaking” of the 50 per cent cap on reservation if SCs, STs and OBCs are discovered to be greater than half of the whole inhabitants.
Prasad, who’s resting in Delhi after his launch from jail earlier this yr, made the remarks whereas addressing a coaching camp of his occasion staff held right here, to which he linked on-line.
“I was the first to raise the demand for a caste census. I had made a demand on the floor of Parliament,” stated a multiple-time former MP and railway minister within the UPA-1 authorities. The former Bihar chief minister, who was behind bars for a very long time after being convicted within the fodder rip-off circumstances, stated, “My demand is for the welfare of all, including SCs and STs. The quota has been fixed keeping in mind the pre-independence census. We should have a new estimate of the population of different social classes.”
“The existing quota has been insufficient. And even these are rarely filled, resulting in huge backlogs. There should be a new caste census and everyone should get quota in proportion to their population. If it needs to break the 50 per cent barrier, so be it,” stated Prasad, who attributes his rise in politics to the Mandal Manthan of the Nineties.
Prasad’s youthful son and successor Tejashwi Yadav, who’s the Leader of the Opposition within the state meeting, had lately met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a part of a delegation led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on the problem of caste census. . RJD supremo
The Centre’s competition that solely SCs and STs had been proposed to be counted, demanded that the identical be completed for OBCs. A ceiling of fifty p.c has been mounted on the quota by an order of the Supreme Court.
Prasad, who’s in his late 70s and affected by a number of illnesses, spoke for lower than half-hour and the viewers was left longing for his wit and response, which made him a legend in his heyday. had made.
Nevertheless, he sought to reassure his foot troopers that his well being was enhancing and that he would quickly be in Bihar, visiting all of the districts to activate the rank and file.
He additionally expressed satisfaction over the generational change in his occasion and appeared impressed by the RJD’s electrification drive and efficiency within the meeting elections final yr.
“All of you below the management of Tejashwi did a terrific job in my absence. I’m blissful that we emerged as the one largest occasion, although we had been disadvantaged of energy as a result of ‘bemani’ (deception), a slim majority by decided officers stationed in constituencies the place the competition was tight. did.
Prasad additionally gave a thumbs as much as his “disciplinary” state unit chief Jagdanand Singh, with whom his elder son Tej Pratap Yadav continues to select fights.
A eager observer of politics, he categorically acknowledged the necessity for extra self-discipline within the occasion and requested staff to take a leaf out of the e-book of the Left in Uttar Pradesh and alliance companions just like the Samajwadi Party.
“Our polling agents are often found lax during elections. Such training camps should remove this defect. Look at our allies CPI and CPI(M) who keep conducting such workshops… I would also suggest that all our members wrap green colored ‘gamcha’ (thin towel) as a mark of identification. See SP. All its workers wear red caps,” stated Prasad, who, regardless of his vastly profitable political profession, has been seen as a vagabond quite than a clearly outlined algorithm.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
