CWC passes resolution for nationwide caste-census, reservation within women's quota, removal of 50 pc quota cap - Punjabi News

Published on: 10 Oct 2023 at 10:42 AM

CWC passes resolution for nationwide caste-census, reservation within women’s quota, removal of 50 pc quota cap

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New Delhi, October 10

The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Monday passed a resolution for a nationwide caste-based census and to implement OBC quota within women’s quota once the party is elected to the power at the Centre in the next general elections.

The party, in its resolution, promised to conduct a nationwide Caste Census, implement OBC quota within women’s quota and bring in a law to remove the 50 per cent cap to ensure reservation for OBCs, SCs and STs in line with the commensurate share of the population once it comes to power at the Centre.

“It will conduct a nationwide caste census as part of the normal decadal census which was due in 2021, implement the 33 per cent reservation for women in the Lok Sabha and state legislative assemblies at the earliest, ensuring adequate representation for women belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and including OBCs as well,” the Congress said.

The resolution for the same was passed in the CWC meeting, the highest decision-making body of the Congress party which was chaired by party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and attended by CCP chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, KC Venugopal, Sachin Pilot, Shashi Tharoor, chief ministers Bhupesh Baghel, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, Ashok Gehlot, Siddaramaiah and many others.

The CWC welcomed the release of the caste survey conducted by the Bihar government and said that the disparity between representation and share in population revealed by the final figures of the survey highlights the urgent need to take effective steps to ensure social justice.