AICC OBC panel backs Rahul's plan to win over voters
The meeting is significant ahead of the Bihar Assembly polls, for which Rahul is campaigning aggressively. The meeting is likely to send out a message that the Grand Old Party is in favour of OBCs and the caste census.
Analysts interpret it as the Grand Old Party's strategy to counter BJP and PM Narendra Modi with an assumption that the country has taken a paradigm shift over backward classes that could determine the outcomes in future elections, till the next Lok Sabha polls.
Rajasthan former CM Ashok Gehlot claimed that because of Rahul's vociferous campaign, the Modi government announced the caste census. 'Under pressure ahead of Bihar Assembly polls, the Modi government announced it. The OBC Advisory Council and entire Congress will stand by Rahul in the campaign for caste census and to remove the 50% reservation cap,' he asserted.
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