New Delhi, March 30 Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Monday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct his MPs to conduct thorough research before raising issues in Parliament.
This came after BJP MP K Laxman accused the Congress and other opposition parties of appeasement and engaging in vote bank politics by granting reservations to Muslims from the OBC category.
"Today in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian National Congress was accused of appeasement due to its stance on reservations for Muslims based on backwardness," Ramesh said in a post on X.
"Here is what the Prime Minister himself said on this subject on February 9, 2022. The Prime Minister should instruct his MPs to conduct thorough research," the Congress leader said, while sharing an undated video of the Prime Minister.
In the video, PM Modi says that there are also 70 such castes within the Muslim community in Gujarat that fall under the OBC category.
"In my Gujarat, when I was there, they received benefits under the OBC category, but I did not see that in the media," the Prime Minister said in the video.