Kejriwal Running Government Successfully From Jail: Priyanka Kakkar https://youtu.be/bv4QENBD3J4 AAP’s chief national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said that the party will not buckle down under the pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and that Kejriwal is running the government successfully from jail. Kakkar also said that despite the cloud of corruption on the AAP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, all leaders continue to be “kattar imaandars (staunchly honest)”.
Kejriwal Running Government Successfully From Jail: Priyanka Kakkar https://thewire.in/video/watch-kejriwal-running-government-successfully-from-jail-priyanka-kakkar AAP’s chief national spokesperson Priyanka Kakkar said that the party will not buckle down under the pressure from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and that Kejriwal is running the government successfully from jail. Kakkar also said that despite the cloud of corruption on the AAP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, all leaders continue to be “kattar imaandars (staunchly honest)”.
Why Congress Mustn't Go Back on Rahul Gandhi's Caste Census, Social Justice Promise Kancha Ilaiah Shepherd https://thewire.in/politics/why-congress-must-not-go-back-on-rahul-gandhis-promise-of-caste-census-social-justice
What the Congress’s Dwija (Brahmin, Baniya, Kayastha, Khatri and Ksatriya) leaders who oppose Rahul Gandhi’s carefully crafted social justice agenda do not understand is that he is re-shaping the Congress in the context of post-Mandal developments and in the given context of the RSS/BJP’s ideological position on caste. Caste identity, particularly, the OBC identity has become a force after the Mandal movement and V.P Singh’s regime implemented the Mandal Commission report (even if it was just one recommendation). Since the Congress under the leadership of Rajiv Gandhi opposed the Mandal report implementation, the Shudras/OBCs started distancing themselves from the party. A large number of Shudras/OBCs believe that the Congress is a Dwija-Muslim party. They believe that is the identity of the party. That identity needs to change for the Congress to win national elections in which the Shudra/OBC vote matters the most.
The Indira -Rajiv’s anti-OBC reservation policy led to the rise of the RSS/BJP in the country. That also led to the formation of many Shudra/OBC regional parties which weakened the Congress. They always recognised the Muslim minority identity in their politics but never accepted caste identities.