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Top Opposition leaders pitched for a caste census at a conference on social justice which also saw fervent calls for forging unity to take on the BJP, setting aside egos, in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha election..
The social justice conference, spearheaded by the DMK on Monday, was attended by DMK's MK Stalin, Congress's Ashok Gehlot, JMM's Hemant Soren, RJD's Tejashwi Yadav and Samajwadi Party's Akhilesh Yadav...
Addressing the first national conference of All India Federation for Social Justice, MK Stalin slammed the new reservation policy introduced by the BJP-led government in Karnataka..
While Stalin racked up reservation, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav made a strong case for a caste census and cited that the 'Mahagathbandhan' government in Bihar has already announced a caste-based survey..
"If we do not take concrete steps now, then the coming generations will suffer a lot of pain," Soren said.. Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien said there are still some parties that do not want to fight the BJP and asserted that it is not the time to remain in grey, but it is time to be either white or black..
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