The internal ranks of the Congress could have been thrown into an unnecessary conflict when senior leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, through a social media post, informed about the consequences of providing rights on the basis of population.jitni abadi utna haq‘, emphasizing that this will lead to ‘majoritarianism’.
“Equality of opportunity is never the same as equality of outcomes. People who endorse #jitniabadiutnahaq must first fully understand its implications. It will eventually culminate in majoritarianism,” Singhvi wrote on ‘X’ (formerly Twitter).
The ‘jitni abadi utna haq’ The slogan was coined by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and was committed after the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar released the caste-based census of Bihar on Monday.
However, Singhvi later deleted the controversial post on microblogging site ‘X’ and blamed his staff. “Carelessly forwarded by a staff which was removed with a slight delay when I came out of a felicitation function at the SC and saw it and was subsequently removed immediately,” Singhvi told news agency PTI. He also said he supports the caste census on the basis of which rights would be determined proportionately.
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The move came shortly after Congress distanced itself from his comment. AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh had said that this does not in any way reflect the position of the Indian National Congress.
Ramesh said: “Dr.’s tweet Singhvi may be a reflection of his own personal views, but in no way reflects the position of the Indian National Congress – the essence of which is contained in both the Raipur Declaration of February 26, 2023 and the CWC Resolution of September 16, 2023 .”
The caste-based census of Bihar was released on Monday, which showed that 36% of the state’s 13.07 crore people are from the extremely backward classes, and 27.13% are from other backward classes.
Soon after the cast-based census of Bihar was released, Congressman Rahul Gandhi had made a pitch for ‘jitni abadi utna haq’.
“Bihar caste census has revealed that OBC SC ST is 84% there. Of the 90 central government secretaries, only 3 are OBC, managing just 5% of India’s budget! Therefore, it is important to know the caste statistics of India. The greater the population, the greater the rights – this is our promise,” Rahul Gandhi wrote on X.
Rahul Gandhi said the Bihar caste census has proven that 84 percent of the people in the state are OBCs, SCs and STs and their rights should be in accordance with their population.
“Of the 90 central government secretaries, only 3 are OBC, who manage just 5 percent of India’s budget. Therefore, it is important to know the caste statistics of India…,” Gandhi had said in a message in Hindi. on X.
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Updated: Oct 3, 2023 8:04 PM IST