Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  Whatever could be the results of the election, Rahul Gandhi must pursue the socio-political reform standing by particularly SC/ST/OBCs. He has driven his reluctant party towards understanding the caste question.  Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Bengal's Birbhum. Photo: By arrangement. Rahul Gandhi, while speaking at the Panchkula conclave on Samvidhan Samman … Continue reading Win or Lose Lok Sabha Polls, the Congress Must Continue to Push Social Reform Agenda 

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  The BJP has panicked after the Congress's assurance of a caste census and an increase in caste reservation.  Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty The 2024 Congress election manifesto has forced the Bhartiya Janata Party leaders, mainly Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to start a defensive campaign on the entire reservation system. The Congress manifesto has … Continue reading India’s OBCs Can’t Understand Why Narendra Modi, an OBC PM, Is Against a Caste Census 

For the first time Nyay Patra, the Congress manifesto, has made social justice a serious election issue by promising nationwide caste census and removal of 50 per cent Supreme Court cap on reservations. Rahul Gandhi (centre) and other Congress leaders with the party manifesto Written by: Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd Edited by: Binu Karunakaran 29 Apr 2024 Both … Continue reading Opinion: Why the Congress manifesto has rattled corporate monopolies, RSS and BJP

Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd  Congress leader Anand Sharma's recent letter to Mallikarjun Kharge opposing a caste census shows that upper caste leaders from all parties still do not subscribe to ideas of social justice and do not want to share political power with marginalised castes.  Rahul Gandhi. Photo: Twitter/@INCIndia Anand Sharma is a senior Congress leader. … Continue reading Why Congress Must Not Go Back on Rahul Gandhi’s Promise of Caste Census, Social Justice