Rahul Gandhi's caste census: Will the Congress gain from OBC politics?

The Congress was never an OBC party. Could the INDIA grouping of Opposition parties have convinced Rahul Gandhi and the Congress that a rising tide of OBC politics will lift all boats along with it?

Bihar's caste survey and Rahul Gandhi's electoral promise of a caste census signal the return of Other Backward Classes (OBC) politics. Whether the attempted Mandal 2.0 will lead to a political paradigm shift is yet unclear. However, the Congress party is distinctly moving away from its silence on naming caste in Indian politics.

Will Rahul Gandhi's rooting for the caste census and linking it to reservations fritter away the acceptance he gained across all sections of society during his Bharat Jodo Yatra? Has he been misled by OBC leaders into abandoning his broader platform to suit their narrow