Lucknow, May 4 -- : The Congress will soon revive its dissolved other backward classes (OBC) department in the state and elsewhere.

The move comes when the party is working out a roadmap to reach out to the people to push its social justice agenda that got an impetus following the Union government's announcement to hold a caste-based enumeration as part of the next decadal census.

The Congress had dissolved its state OBC department on February 27, 2025 to pave the way for reconstituting the party's front wing that works under the umbrella of the main organisation, which is also undergoing a revamp.

"We will constitute the state backward classes department in the state in the next (few) weeks. The caste census is a part of the Congress'...