A year after Prime Minister Modi promised a caste census, Congress says implementation details are still unclear. The party accuses the government of not consulting opposition parties and state governments, even as Home Minister Amit Shah previously linked caste enumeration to the ongoing census. Congress also recalls how the BJP once dismissed such demands.
Congress has accused the Modi government of stalling the caste census, saying no details have been released even a year after the exercise was announced. Jairam Ramesh claimed Modi is “clearly” trying to delay the enumeration, citing prior government resistance to caste counting and highlighting recent comments by the Prime Minister as evidence.
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