On Wealth distribution
Recalibrating its methods for the 2024 elections, the Congress manifesto hinges prominently on the themes of ‘social justice and fairness’.
Within the manifesto, the social gathering has promised to conduct a Socio-Financial and Caste Census (SECC) to enumerate the castes and sub-castes and their socio-economic circumstances.
If the Opposition alliance involves energy, the social gathering additionally pledged to move a constitutional modification to take away the Supreme Court docket-mandated 50 p.c cap on reservations for Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Different Backward Courses (OBC).
The Congress’s ballot technique within the latest meeting elections additionally revolved across the plank of caste census and social justice, although it didn’t resonate with the voters.
“We are going to first conduct a nationwide caste census to find out how many individuals belong to the Different Backward Courses (OBCs), Scheduled Castes (SCs), Scheduled Tribes (STs), and minorities. After that, we’ll conduct a monetary and institutional survey in a historic step to establish the distribution of wealth,” Rahul Gandhi had mentioned through the launch of the manifesto in Telangana.
Gandhi’s renewed name to increase caste quotas and surveys for wealth redistribution has sparked debate with many in search of readability on his proposal. Nevertheless, Praveen Chakravarty, a key member of the manifesto committee dismissed such arguments as ‘ludicrous’.
Sharing a video message in X, Chakravarty mentioned that Gandhi was referring to a extra philosophical concept ‘Jitni Abadi, Utna Haq’ (rights proportional to inhabitants). “The Congress has nowhere within the 48-page manifesto talked about that we’ll take away somebody’s wealth and provides it to another person. It’s weird to even say that. We don’t need to get into anybody’s home. It’s the BJP who has been doing it,” he mentioned
“Rahul Gandhi’s query was “shouldn’t we aspire for a society that’s consultant within the rewards and the advantages as per identification?. Now we will have a professional debate on that. Is it utopian or not utopian or is it too idealistic or pragmatic. Mr Gandhi believes it may be aspired for. It doesn’t imply barging into somebody’s home and taking their wealth away,” mentioned Chakravarty.
On BJP’s Muslim League imprint declare
Whereas PM Modi and the BJP have been attacking the Congress over the Muslim League imprint within the manifesto, the Congress leaders problem the BJP to discover a single reference to ‘Hindu or ‘Muslim within the doc.
The manifesto can also be silent on the contentious Citizenship Modification Act(CAA),a dominant political concern within the 2024 basic elections.
