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Kharge and Rahul tell PM caste census method is flawed
Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling the methodology for the caste count in Census 2027 misleading and demanding the notified questionnaire be abandoned.…
Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Rahul Gandhi have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling the methodology for the caste count in Census 2027 misleading and demanding the notified questionnaire be abandoned. They said the word OBC has not been used in the Census and that an open-ended question would result in lakhs of caste names, making the data useless.
The opposition leaders urged the government to cancel the present questionnaire and draft a fresh one through consultations with political parties, experts and the public. They proposed a drop-down menu with a list of castes, similar to the method used for SCs and STs and in caste surveys of Bihar and Telangana. Congress spokesman Jairam Ramesh accused the government of sabotaging the caste census.
Indian Opinion Analysis
The demand for a caste census has been a persistent political flashpoint, with the opposition pushing for a full count of OBCs to challenge claims of equitable representation in jobs and education. In 2021, the government told the Supreme Court that a drop-down list would be necessary for such an exercise, a point the Congress now cites. With Census 2027 still years away, the real contest is over whether the government will bend on methodology or risk the data being politically rejected before a single enumerator knocks on a door.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
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