"BJP and Rahul Gandhi Clash Over PM Modi's OBC Status"
BJP criticizes Rahul Gandhi for claiming that PM Modi was not born an OBC, citing a 1994 Congress government notification in Gujarat that classified Modi's caste, Modh Ghanchi, as OBC. BJP shared a copy of the gazette notification about the inclusion of Modi's caste in the central OBC list in 1999, two years before Modi contested his first election. Rahul's allegation came during a public rally in Odisha and was repeated in Chhattisgarh, drawing a furious response from BJP functionaries and Union ministers. BJP sources pointed out that OBC as a category was recognized only after the implementation of Mandal Commission's recommendation by the V P Singh government in 1990.