New Delhi, Feb. 7 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday claimed attempts were being made by certain Opposition parties to spread poison of casteism in the country which is now progressing in a good pace.

"Whenever the issue of reservation came up, it was done to create a rift in the country. For three decades, OBC MPs of both Houses from all parties kept demanding a commission for OBCs but it was rejected because, perhaps, it did not suit its politics at that time. We gave constitutional status to this OBC commission," Modi said replying to the debate on the Motion of Thanks to the President's address in the Rajya Sabha.

PM asserted that the BJP-led union government is working on the principle of 'Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas' and acc...