Lok Sabha polls top updates: Congress questions PM Modi on caste census, youth unemployment

The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to explain his stance on subjects such as a nationwide caste census and youth unemployment ahead of his rally in Bihar’s Jamui. The party also said that the Modi government has shown “extreme vindictiveness” to the people of West Bengal for rejecting the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2021 Assembly elections. The BJP, meanwhile, criticised the Congress over its leaders’ remarks about the prime minister and actor and parliamentarian Hema Malini.

Here’s a look at today’s top developments:

• Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Thursday said in a social media post that the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar, at the insistence of its former allies Congress and the Rashtriya Janata Dal, released the caste census data in the state last year. Ramesh said that back then, Modi had accused Kumar of “dividing the country in the name of caste”. The Congress MP asked: “Having since joined hands with him, what does the prime minister think of the caste census conducted by his old new ally?” He also raised questions regarding the BJP’s vision of rescuing “Bihar’s youth from hopelessness and unemployment”.

The Prime Minister is in Jamui, Bihar today. It is unlikely to ever figure in his...

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