<p>New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday hit out at the Modi government, alleging that it only paid "lip service" to B R Ambedkar's legacy but did nothing to fulfil his wishes.</p><p>"The Modi government takes the name of Ambedkar but is not ready to fulfil his aspirations and wishes. They only pay lip service. There are many articles in the Constitution for the protection of Dalits, many laws have also been made, but they are not being followed," he said.</p><p>Claiming that the BJP-RSS were "enemies" of Ambedkar, he also rubbished claims that Congress worked to defeat Ambedkar in election citing a letter by the Dalit icon in 1952 in which he blamed S A Dange and V D Savarkar for his defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.</p>.'Why doesn't Congress appoint Muslim party chief, reserve 50% of tickets?': PM Modi attacks 'appeasement' politics.<p>Calling for a nationwide caste census as well as implementation of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in private educational institutions, he said the Constitution is a "gift" from Ambedkar and it gives citizens the right of social, economic and political justice. He said the Congress took this forward by upholding the ideas of social justice.</p><p>"The Centre is making policies on the basis of the 2011 census, and nothing is known about the 2021 census which was supposed to happen. Policies are made on the basis of census. We demand that along with the general census, a caste census be conducted so as to know how much which section has progressed," he said.</p><p>Highlighting the "need" for a central law for the SC/ST sub-plan and guarantee for budgetary allocations in accordance with their population, he said Indira Gandhi had in 1976 implemented the SC-ST sub-plan so that these communities get "proper justice". </p><p>"Unfortunately, in 2015, the Modi government abolished it. Our Karnataka and Telangana state governments have made laws to implement the sub-plan. We demand from the BJP government that the central government should re-implement the SC-ST sub-plan," he said.</p><p>Demanding the removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservations, he also called for reservations of states to be included in Schedule 9 of the Constitution so that it can be kept out of judicial scrutiny.</p><p>He also said the fundamental guarantee given under Article 15(5) to provide reservation to OBCs, SCs and STs in private educational institutions must be implemented without any delay.</p>
<p>New Delhi: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday hit out at the Modi government, alleging that it only paid "lip service" to B R Ambedkar's legacy but did nothing to fulfil his wishes.</p><p>"The Modi government takes the name of Ambedkar but is not ready to fulfil his aspirations and wishes. They only pay lip service. There are many articles in the Constitution for the protection of Dalits, many laws have also been made, but they are not being followed," he said.</p><p>Claiming that the BJP-RSS were "enemies" of Ambedkar, he also rubbished claims that Congress worked to defeat Ambedkar in election citing a letter by the Dalit icon in 1952 in which he blamed S A Dange and V D Savarkar for his defeat in the Lok Sabha polls.</p>.'Why doesn't Congress appoint Muslim party chief, reserve 50% of tickets?': PM Modi attacks 'appeasement' politics.<p>Calling for a nationwide caste census as well as implementation of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs in private educational institutions, he said the Constitution is a "gift" from Ambedkar and it gives citizens the right of social, economic and political justice. He said the Congress took this forward by upholding the ideas of social justice.</p><p>"The Centre is making policies on the basis of the 2011 census, and nothing is known about the 2021 census which was supposed to happen. Policies are made on the basis of census. We demand that along with the general census, a caste census be conducted so as to know how much which section has progressed," he said.</p><p>Highlighting the "need" for a central law for the SC/ST sub-plan and guarantee for budgetary allocations in accordance with their population, he said Indira Gandhi had in 1976 implemented the SC-ST sub-plan so that these communities get "proper justice". </p><p>"Unfortunately, in 2015, the Modi government abolished it. Our Karnataka and Telangana state governments have made laws to implement the sub-plan. We demand from the BJP government that the central government should re-implement the SC-ST sub-plan," he said.</p><p>Demanding the removal of the 50 per cent cap on reservations, he also called for reservations of states to be included in Schedule 9 of the Constitution so that it can be kept out of judicial scrutiny.</p><p>He also said the fundamental guarantee given under Article 15(5) to provide reservation to OBCs, SCs and STs in private educational institutions must be implemented without any delay.</p>
