Gandhi further remarked that Scheduled Tribes (STs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) constitute 90 percent of India’s population, but they are not represented in government institutions.”We will give to the poor funds equivalent to debt of capitalists waived by PM Modi,” said Gandhi.The Congress leader also promised to remove the 50 percent cap on reservation “at any cost” and argued that a caste census is a “must to reveal how the country’s wealth is distributed.””I have clearly told Modi ji—you cannot stop the caste census. We will pass the caste census in this very Parliament and break the wall of 50% reservation… In Jharkhand, we will give 28% reservation to tribals, 12% to Dalits, and 27% to backward classes,” Rahul said.Rahul also reiterated the INDIA bloc’s seven guarantees for Jharkhand, including food security, under which gas cylinders will be provided at Rs 450 and 7 kg of ration per person.Other guarantees include local policy based on 1932 Khatian, the Sarna Dharma Code, women’s honorarium of Rs 2,500, 28% ST, 12% SC, and 27% OBC reservations, 10 lakh jobs, Rs 15 lakh health insurance, education reforms with new colleges, and increased MSP for paddy to Rs 3,200 and other crops by 50%.Elections to the 81-member Jharkhand assembly will be held on November 13 and 20, and the counting of votes will take place on November 23.
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