Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday welcomed the Narendra Modi government’s caste census move but said that the party wants a timeline, design and budgetary provision for the same. Rahul Gandhi said that caste census is his party’s vision and will ensure that the government conducts a transparent and effective caste census. The Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha said that the caste census is a new dimension of development.
Addressing a press conference, Rahul Gandhi, said Telangana has provided a model for conducting caste census and it can provide a blueprint for the exercise at the national level. He said the Congress has been demanding a caste census and the government had ‘suddenly after 11 years’ taken this decision.
We had also said that we would scrap the 50% cap, the artificial wall that is in place. Narendra Modi used to say that there are just four castes. Don’t know what happened but suddenly after 11 years, Caste Census has been announced,” Rahul Gandhi said.