{"id":12430,"date":"2026-04-17T00:44:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:44:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12430"},"modified":"2026-04-17T00:44:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T00:44:59","slug":"130320000-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=12430","title":{"rendered":"Government avoiding Census 2027 to rob OBCs of rights: Priyanka Gandhi | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130320000,imgsize-99918,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/130320000.jpg\" alt=\"Government avoiding Census 2027 to rob OBCs of rights: Priyanka Gandhi\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Delhi: Aligning Congress with arguments of Mandal parties on women&#8217;s quota, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/priyanka-gandhi-vadra\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Priyanka Gandhi Vadra<\/a> on Thursday accused govt of avoiding Census 2027 to rob backwards of their rights.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"3\"\/>As she rejected the Delimitation Bill, Priyanka said, &#8220;If this bill is passed, democracy will end in this country.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Priyanka also alleged in LS that political weight of some states is being diluted to strengthen BJP for 2029 LS polls. Pointing to home minister Amit Shah &#8220;who is laughing&#8221;, she said a complete scheme has been finalised by BJP and even &#8216;Chanakya&#8217; would have been shocked by its cunning.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"8\"\/>She said, &#8220;The govt wants to move with Census 2011 because it does not have OBC population. What is the PM scared of? That when new census happens, OBC data will come out and show how big it is, and nobody would be able to ignore them. PM wants to rob OBCs by 2011-based delimitation. 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