The central government announced on Wednesday that the list of caste will be part of the national census, the report said or.
According to the Minister of Trade Unions for Railways and Information and Broadcasting, Electronics and Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw said: “The Cabinet Political Affairs Committee decided today that caste enumerations should be included.” Vaishnaw did not report the date to start the census.
He also said that the census falls under the increase in the center, but some states have made a list of castes in the name of surveys.
Vaishnaw Slams Congress
The Minister said that states by the opposition parties carried out caste surveys for political reasons and stated that he was determined by the PM Modi government transparently involving the enumerations of castes in the upcoming census exercise in Pan-India.
Vaishnaw also accused the congress and its part of the Alliance in Indi to “use the caste census only as a political instrument”. “Congress’s governments have always opposed the census. In 2010, Dr. Manmohan Singh said in the cabinet that a matter of caste census should be considered.
“Most political parties recommended the caste census. Despite this, the Congress government has decided to conduct a caste or caste census. It is well known that Congress and its Indi Alliance partners used caste census only as a political instrument.”
“Some states have conducted surveys to list. While some states did it well, some others have conducted such surveys only from a political angle in a non -transparent way. Such surveys have caused doubts in society. To ensure that our social structure is not disturbed by policy, it should be included in the census.”
The population survey, which has been carried out once in a decade, was due in 2021, but was delayed by pandemic and technical and logistics obstacles.
What is the caste census?
Like the national census, it collects data on age, gender and demographic composition, the caste census is a population survey that collects data on the caste of the composition of the region or country.
India published caste data (from 1951 to 2011) only planned caste and planned tribes. In October 2023, the findings of the Bihar caste survey of the then State of CM Nitish Kumar were published. The survey said that other back -up classes and extremely backward classes were 63 % of the total population of the state.
EBC (36 %) was the largest social segment in Bihar, followed by a citizen at 27.13 %.
Congress claims credit
Congress leader Pawan Khera spoke to CNN-Nes18, he said: “The timing is very interesting. We hope that the decision is some sincerity.”
Khera also said that the leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is constantly demanding caste census. “We cannot forget the famous words of Rahula Gandhi -” Jaati Yanganna Hoke Rahegi “(caste census). I will say that the government is with Rahul Gandhi,” he added.
The Chief Minister of Telangana Reddy also took X to claim the credit for the decision of the central government. “Based on the vision and direction of Shri @rahulgandhi, who first demanded a nationwide caste census during his historical #bharatjodoyatra Telangan, is the first state to do a caste last year.
He also said it was a Congress Party in Telagana, which took the “fight” throughout the country, and protested against the amber Mantar, who sought to ensure that the Stont government agreed to caste the people of the people.
“Today, we have finally proved that what Telangana is doing today will follow tomorrow. It is a proud moment when Shri Rahul Gandhi showed how his vision became politics in opposition.
He also congratulated the center to decide to make a census in the framework of further national census. After the announcement of the caste, he thanked PM modima and the cabinet.
Karnataka’s Original Caste Census Report ‘Missing’?
BJP in Kareni on Tuesday claimed that the original report on the census, prepared by the state government, was missing, and claimed that he is currently with the main Minister Siddaramaiaha.
According to the PTI report, BJP, along with some ruling party, raised some concerns about alleged shortcomings in the original report on socio-economic and educational survey, which was also referred to as the Caste Census report.
The leader of the opposition in the Karnataka rag R Ashoka claimed that the whole report was “false” and called on the court probe. He also claimed that the original message is with cm.
He referred to the alleged letter written to the government by the former chairman of the Karnataka State Committee to Jayaprakash Hegde, stating that the original copy of the people’s report was not available.
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