CONGRESS leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday launched a scathing attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying those who call themselves ‘deshbhakt’ are scared of the ‘X-ray’ of caste census but “no force” can stop it. Addressing the ‘Samajik Nyay Sammelan’ here, Gandhi said he is not interested in caste but in ‘nyay’ (justice) and asserted that it is his life’s mission to ensure justice for the 90 percent of the population against whom injustice has been done. “As soon as our Government is formed, the first thing that would be done is a caste census,” Gandhi said.

 

He said the Congress manifesto talks about the X-ray and the income inequality created by Modi. Modi has transferred Rs 16 lakh crore to select business people and the Congress is going to return a small amount to the 90 per cent of the population, he said. “We have calculated...What we felt is justice and that help should be given, we put it down in the manifesto,” he said of the party’s guarantees mentioned in the manifesto.

 

Taking a swipe at the media for dubbing him a “non-serious” politician in the past, the former Congress chief cited his involvement with MGNREGA scheme, Land Acquisition Bill, Bhatta Parsaul movement, Niyamgiri Hills matter, and

said for the media all this was “non-serious” while talking about Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai and Virat Kohli was serious. “Anybody who talks of the 90 per cent of the population is dubbed non-serious,” Gandhi said. He said that he looked upon the stakeholders in the media industry and found that there was not a single OBC, Dalit or tribal anchor.