Cong slams Modi’s ‘desperate U-turn’ on caste census

Jairam Ramesh. File Pic

Claiming that Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a "desperate U-turn" on the caste census, the Congress on Sunday asked whether he will have the honesty to acknowledge that his government has officially changed its policy on the subject and commit to a timeline for such a survey.

Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said evidence abounds on PM Modi's "sudden, complete, and desperate U-turn" on the caste census. Ramesh said that in a TV interview on April 28, 2024, Modi branded all those demanding a caste census as "urban Maoists."

"On July 20, 2021, the Modi government told Parliament that it had ‘decided as a matter of policy not to enumerate caste-wise population other than SCs and STs." He also said that the Modi government earlier had ‘explicitly' urged the Supreme Court not to order a caste census for the OBCs.

Posing questions to the prime minister, Ramesh asked whether Modi will have the honesty to acknowledge that his government has officially changed its policy on the caste census over the last 11 years.

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