Noting the BJP’s cussed refusal to conduct caste census within the nation, the Congress Working Committee (CWC) that met on Saturday in Hyderabad referred to as for growing the present higher restrict of reservation for Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and OBCs.

Taking a critical view of what it perceived a critical assault on the Constitution by the Narendra Modi authorities, the CWC rejected the ‘One Nation, One Election’ proposal as yet one more brazen assault on the federal construction of the nation and voiced its robust opposition to the proposed Bill to vary the appointment process of the Chief Election Commissioner and different commissioners of the Election Commission.

The social gathering referred to as upon all of the democratic forces to oppose the Modi authorities’s deliberate makes an attempt to undermine the rules and implementation of cooperative federalism.

The social gathering’s highest decisionmaking physique additionally took a critical be aware of what it described the growing unemployment and steady rise in costs. The CWC decision referred to as the rozgar melas (employment festivals) by the Prime Minister a hoax.

“So, we have inflation, unemployment, slowing growth, falling exports, falling imports and the government’s responses…completely going back to the olden days of market distortion, import duties and other trade distorting measures. These are not the answer to India’s economic challenges,” former Finance Minister P. Chidambaram informed reporters whereas briefing on the CWC’s deliberations.

Three evils

In the 14-point decision, the CWC recalled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s name for a 10-year moratorium on casteism, communalism and regionalism. “Ironically, the three evils have aggravated in the last nine years, thanks to the divisive and discriminatory policies adopted by the Prime Minister, his government and his party,”the CWC decision stated.

“The political discourse of the BJP, inside and outside Parliament, is laced with poison, promotes hate speech and violence, encourages divisive forces, and polarises society,” it added.

Contributions of previous Prime Ministers, specifically Jawaharlal Nehru, have been belittled and distorted.

Stating that farmers have been burdened with rising debt and agriculture and the agricultural financial system are in deep misery, the assembly reminded the Modi authorities of the commitments it made to the farmers and farmers’ organisations on the difficulty of MSP and different calls for.

Other factors within the decision handed by the CWC embody demand for a JPC into the startling revelations in opposition to the “Adani business group that has been the prime beneficiary of the Prime Minister’s close friendship” and incursions by China into the Indian territory.

The CWC additionally famous the transformational second in Indian politics led to by the Bharat Jodo Yatra at the same time as many members urged former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to launch its second version quickly.