LUCKNOW: UP deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya declared Thursday that BJP and its senior leaders were not against a caste census but do not want to use it as a poll plankreiterating his position at a time rivals have been ratcheting up the issue to corner the saffron party ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections.
“SP, BSP, Congressand other parties, which speak about caste census, never did any justice to backward classes while in power.They never gave them their rights,” Maurya said, a day after he made the same statement in the legislative council as leader of the House.
Sources said Maurya, a prominent OBC face of BJP in the state, has been strategically deployed by the party to articulate its point of view.
Asserting that the opposition’s demand will have no impact as the public would reject leaders with a casteist mindset, Maurya said BJP supports every community and stands by PM Modi’s motto of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Everyone’s wishes‘.
“SP, BSP, Congressand other parties, which speak about caste census, never did any justice to backward classes while in power.They never gave them their rights,” Maurya said, a day after he made the same statement in the legislative council as leader of the House.
Sources said Maurya, a prominent OBC face of BJP in the state, has been strategically deployed by the party to articulate its point of view.
Asserting that the opposition’s demand will have no impact as the public would reject leaders with a casteist mindset, Maurya said BJP supports every community and stands by PM Modi’s motto of ‘Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas Everyone’s wishes‘.