BJP did not conduct 2021 Census as it wants to end quotas: CM

Declaring that the BJP is getting ready to scrap reservations if it wins 400 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy said the BJP did not conduct the 2021 census as it wants to abolish reservations. The CM said that increasing reservations for BCs is possible only if a caste census is carried out. However, the BJP and the RSS are trying to abolish reservations, he added. A census used to be carried out in the nation every 10 years after 1881. However, the BJP-led Centre did not conduct a census in 2021. The Union Home Minister is one of the conspirators behind this, the CM said. The CM said that the Centre did not conduct the 2021 census as it wants to abolish reservations. Voting for the BJP means accepting scrapping of reservations, he pointed out. The CM said the BJP leaders made the Delhi police file cases against him for speaking on reservations. “However, I am not afraid of cases. The Centre will end reservations if 15 states accept the scrapping of reservations. So the BJP toppled Congress governments in eight states,” the CM said. The CM assured that the Congress will increase reservations if it comes to power. The Congress will carry out a caste census subsequently and will increase reservations. Taking part in the Asifabad Jana Jatara public meeting on Thursday, the CM said that Prime Minister Modi didn’t care even if the CCI got closed. Modi and KCR did nothing for Adilbad district in the last 10 years, Revanth said. The CM said the Congress implemented 5-guarantees within 100 days after coming to power. “We did not try to escape. We fulfilled the assurances,” he said.