India, April 12 -- 'Commitment' to the backwards communities is being promised and executed while ostracising the forward castes, which has not gone down well in the party.

NEW DELHI: Congress's ongoing outreach to the backward classes has assumed a more prominent position following party leader Rahul Gandhi's recent pronouncements in Bihar and at the AICC session in Ahmedabad. However, this "commitment" to the backward communities is being promised and executed while ostracising the forward castes- something that has not gone down well with party leaders and functionaries from forward communities. It has also led to internal questions about how the Congress leadership plans to utilise their experience and expertise in the near future. ...