 "In Gujarat, the Cong will highlight pro-poor policies: Ashok Gehlot")
In August, two days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared the rollout of the Vishwakarma scheme in his Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, listing artisanal castes among Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs) that it would benefit, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot announced the Rajasthan State Balinath Board to study the socio-economic status of the Bairwa caste of the state and suggest measures to uplift them. The Bairwas are a Scheduled Caste who earn their livelihood through farming and as construction workers.
The Gehlot government's decision was in continuation with the
