New Delhi, Feb. 9 -- The Centre hit back at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday afternoon after he claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not born into an Other Backward Class (OBC) community. Rahul, during his 'Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra' in Odisha, accused the Prime Minister of "misleading" people by identifying himself as an OBC member.
In a brief note titled "Facts Regarding Rahul Gandhi's Statement on PM's Caste," the government stated that the Modh Ghanchi caste (and the sub-group to which Modi belongs) "stands included in the Gujarat government's list of socially and educationally backward classes and OBCs."
"... After a survey in Gujarat, the Mandal Commission prepared a list of OBCs under Index 91(A), which included the M...