'Politics of falsehood': Dharmendra Pradhan slams Rahul Gandhi over OBC ‘conspiracy'
Dharmendra Pradhan
on Friday attacked
Rahul Gandhi
over his comments on
vacant reserved posts
for SCs, STs and OBCs in
central universities
, alleging that the Congress leader has always practised "politics of falsehood".
Earlier in the day, Gandhi attacked the Modi government over vacant reserved posts in central universities, calling it not just negligence but a "well-planned conspiracy" to keep '
Bahujans
' out of education, research and policies. The leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha demanded that all such vacant posts be filled immediately and 'Bahujans' be given their rights, not "Manuwadi boycott".
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"Rahul Gandhi has always practised the politics of falsehood. He and his party have consistently been against the poor, the oppressed, and marginalised sections of society," Pradhan told reporters.
The minister also alleged that during the Congress rule,
OBC
posts were often marked as "not suitable" and then given to candidates from the general category.
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