By PTI
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded an up-to-date caste census.
In his letter, Kharge talked about inside the absence of an updated caste census, a reliable database so crucial for vital social justice and empowerment programmes, considerably for OBCs, is incomplete.
My letter to the Prime Minister demanding the publication of Socio Economic Caste Census.
Regular decennial Census was to be carried out in 2021 nevertheless it has not been carried out. We demand that or not it is carried out immediately and {{that a}} full Caste Census be made it’s integral half. pic.twitter.com/eoL52gRFC1
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) April 17, 2023
“I am writing to you to once again place on record the demand of the Indian National Congress for an up-to-date Caste Census. My colleagues and I have raised this demand earlier in both Houses of Parliament on a number of occasions as have leaders of many other Opposition parties,” the Congress chief talked about in his letter.
“You are aware that for the first time, the UPA Government conducted a Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) during 2011-12 covering some 25 crore households. For a number of reasons, however, the caste data could not get published even though Congress and other MPs demanded its release after your government came to power in May 2014,” he talked about.
“In the absence of an updated Caste Census, I am afraid a reliable database so very essential for meaningful social justice and empowerment programmes, particularly for OBCs, is incomplete. This Census is the responsibility of the Union Government,” Kharge talked about.
In the letter dated April 16, he moreover recognized that the frequent decennial census was to be carried out in 2021 nevertheless it has not however been carried out.
“We demand that it be done immediately and that a comprehensive Caste Census be made its integral part,” Kharge talked about.
Sharing Kharge’s letter to the prime minister, Congress regular secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted “Jitni aabadi, utna haq! Congress President @kharge -ji has written to PM demanding that the decennial Census that must have been carried out in 2021 be carried out immediately, and a Caste Census be made it’s integral half.
This will put social justice & empowerment on a firmer footing”.
ALSO READ | Release caste census information, take away quota cap, Rahul tells Modi govt
Addressing a rally in Katnataka’s Kolar, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday moreover dared Prime Minister Modi to launch the 2011 caste-based census information inside the public space and as well as demanded the 50 per cent cap on reservation be eradicated.
“UPA in 2011 did the caste-based census. It has the data of all the castes. Mr Prime Minister, you talk of OBCs. Make that data public. Let the nation know how many OBCs, Dalits and tribals are there in the country,” Gandhi had talked about on the Congress’ ‘Jai Bharat’ election rally in Kolar inside the run-up to the May 10 Karnataka polls.
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and demanded an up-to-date caste census.
In his letter, Kharge talked about inside the absence of an updated caste census, a reliable database so crucial for vital social justice and empowerment programmes, considerably for OBCs, is incomplete.
My letter to the Prime Minister demanding the publication of Socio Economic Caste Census.
Regular decennial Census was to be carried out in 2021 nevertheless it has not been carried out. We demand that or not it is carried out immediately and {{that a}} full Caste Census be made it’s integral half. pic.twitter.com/eoL52gRFC1googletag.cmd.push(carry out() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2′); );
— Mallikarjun Kharge (@kharge) April 17, 2023
“I am writing to you to once again place on record the demand of the Indian National Congress for an up-to-date Caste Census. My colleagues and I have raised this demand earlier in both Houses of Parliament on a number of occasions as have leaders of many other Opposition parties,” the Congress chief talked about in his letter.
“You are aware that for the first time, the UPA Government conducted a Socio Economic and Caste Census (SECC) during 2011-12 covering some 25 crore households. For a number of reasons, however, the caste data could not get published even though Congress and other MPs demanded its release after your government came to power in May 2014,” he talked about.
“In the absence of an updated Caste Census, I am afraid a reliable database so very essential for meaningful social justice and empowerment programmes, particularly for OBCs, is incomplete. This Census is the responsibility of the Union Government,” Kharge talked about.
In the letter dated April 16, he moreover recognized that the frequent decennial census was to be carried out in 2021 nevertheless it has not however been carried out.
“We demand that it be done immediately and that a comprehensive Caste Census be made its integral part,” Kharge talked about.
Sharing Kharge’s letter to the prime minister, Congress regular secretary Jairam Ramesh tweeted “Jitni aabadi, utna haq! Congress President @kharge -ji has written to PM demanding that the decennial Census that must have been carried out in 2021 be carried out immediately, and a Caste Census be made it’s integral half.
This will put social justice & empowerment on a firmer footing”.
ALSO READ | Release caste census information, take away quota cap, Rahul tells Modi govt
Addressing a rally in Katnataka’s Kolar, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Sunday moreover dared Prime Minister Modi to launch the 2011 caste-based census information inside the public space and as well as demanded the 50 per cent cap on reservation be eradicated.
“UPA in 2011 did the caste-based census. It has the data of all the castes. Mr Prime Minister, you talk of OBCs. Make that data public. Let the nation know how many OBCs, Dalits and tribals are there in the country,” Gandhi had talked about on the Congress’ ‘Jai Bharat’ election rally in Kolar inside the run-up to the May 10 Karnataka polls.
