Chhattisgarh: Rahul Gandhi takes train for Raipur after launching housing scheme

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday took a train from Bilaspur where he addressed an event to Raipur in ChhattisgarhThe ruling Congress has routinely claimed the railway ministry had cancelled 2600 trains in the state in the last few months which was causing immense hardship to people reported the PTIRahul Gandhi had attended Awas Nyay Sammelan an event of the Congress government in the state in Parsada Sakri village in Takhatpur development block of Bilaspur district in the afternoon as per the PTIRahul Gandhi boarded an Intercity train from Bilaspur along with Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel partys state in charge Kumari Selja and state unit chief Dipak Baij among othersIn photos shared by the Congress Rahul Gandhi is seen interacting with passengersMeanwhile Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday said that his party would conduct a caste census if elected to power as only such an exercise would ensure participation of OBCs Dalits tribals and women reported the PTIRahul Gandhi also asked why the Narendra Modi government had not released the details of a caste census conducted by the Congress when it was in power and sought to know if the PM was afraid of such an exerciseAddressing the state governments Awas Nyay Sammelan in Parsada Sakri village in Bilaspur Gandhi also waved a remote control at the crowd and said the poor and needy were benefited when the Congress presses it while Adani gets ports airports and railway contracts when the ruling BJP does the sameThe Congress had conducted a caste census that has the record of the population of every caste in the country The Union government has this report but Modiji doesnt want to reveal it he claimedCaste census has to be conducted if we want to give participation to Other Backward Classes Dalits tribals and women If Modiji does not conduct a caste census then when we are elected to power our first step will be to conduct a caste census to ensure OBC participation Gandhi assertedGandhi said the government is run by secretaries and cabinet secretaries and not MPs and MLAs and pointed out that only three of the 90 secretaries in various Union government ministries are OBCsThese three persons control only 5 per cent of the countrys budget Gandhi said and questioned if India only had 5 per cent OBC populationAsserting that the caste census is the answer to such questions Gandhi asked why Modi was scared of the enumeration exerciseAt the event during which he launched the Bhupesh Baghel governments Gramin Awas Nyay Yojna GANY aimed at providing financial assistance to the homeless and families having kutcha houses in rural areas Gandhi brandished a remote control to target the Modi governmentwith PTI inputs