India, July 25 -- Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Thursday reflected on his 'mistakes' and said that he did not do enough to protect the interests of people from the Other Backward Class (OBC) category.

"I have been in politics since 2004, it has been 21 years...When I look back, I can see that I made a mistake. I didn't protect the OBCs like I should have," he said while addressing Congress' 'Bhagidari Nyay Sammelan' in New Delhi.

He added that there's a reason behind his oversight, which is that he did not understand their (OBC) issues in depth at the time. He added that had he known their history and issues, he would have conducted caste census back then itself.

Rahul Gandhi said that this was his mistake and not...