"What did he do for the backward classes": RJD MP Manoj Jha on PM Modi's 'OBC' remark
New Delhi [India], February 9 (ANI): Amid a war of words between Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress over 'OBC', Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Manoj Jha on Friday asked PM Modi what he had done for the backward classes to strengthen them?
Manoj Jha told ANI that PM Modi and his party have been unsuccessful in strengthening the backward classes in the country.
"I want to ask, what did you (PM Modi) do for the backward classes? What did you do to strengthen them (backward classes)? That will be the basis of the evaluation. This will not be the basis for whether you are on that list or not. Where do I stand in favour of the caste census? Why don't I talk about reservations in the private sector? PM Modi and his party have been unsuccessful in all these," he said.
Earlier on Thursday, the Wayanad MP during the Odisha leg of his Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra courted controversy by saying that PM Modi was born in a general category, a remark which drew criticism from the entire Bharatiya Janata Party.
This came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently in Parliament called himself 'sabse bada OBC' (the biggest OBC) and accused the Congress of indulging in hypocrisy and adopting double standards while dealing with leaders of Backward communities.
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